Rebecca Winthrop

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Beyond reopening schools: How education can emerge stronger than before COVID-19

Emiliana Vegas and Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

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The need for civic education in 21st-century schools

Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, June 4, 2020

General view of a class room at a Primary School in Melbourne's inner north, Monday, March 23, 2020. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has brought forward school holidays as a measure to slow the rapid spreading Covid-19 virus throughout the state. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

COVID-19 and school closures: What can countries learn from past emergencies?

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Afghan children play at a day care center at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in Kabul, Afghanistan May 8, 2019. Picture taken May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RC18644D3380

Learning to leapfrog

David Istance, Alejandro Paniagua, Rebecca Winthrop, and Lauren Ziegler

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Boys play at a school in Yemen's capital Sanaa sheltering them and their families after the conflict forced them to flee their areas from the Houthi-controlled northern province of Saada August 4, 2015. A Saudi-led Arab alliance launched a military campaign on March 26 to end Houthi control over much of Yemen and to return President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from exile. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - GF20000013228

How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Four-year old Tom (R) and his six-year old sister Lisa from Offenbach show Serbian refugee Dragan (2nd L) and his sister Tamara (L) how to play on the climbing frame at a refugee camp in Hanau, Germany, August 18, 2015. Tom and Lisa learned from her mother that a lot of refugees come to Germany and most of them, especially the children, don't have much clothes or toys to play with. The two German youngsters than decided to visit the refugee camp to donate from their own wardrobe and toys and "make friends" with the kids from abroad. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach - GF10000175689

Learning Landscapes: Can urban planning and the learning sciences work together to help children?

Brenna Hassinger-Das, Andres S. Bustamante, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Susan Magsamen, Jenny Perlman Robinson, and Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Children participate in a computing class at an Innova school in the outskirts of Lima

Innovation to leapfrog educational progress in Latin America

Rebecca Winthrop and Adam Barton

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Bedouin Palestinian schoolchildren play during a class at their school in al-Khan al-Ahmar village near the West Bank city of Jericho February 23, 2017. REUTERS/ Ammar Awad - RTSZZII

Innovation and technology to accelerate progress in education

Rebecca Winthrop, Eileen McGivney, Timothy P. Williams, and Priya Shankar

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Syrian refugee children queue as they head towards their classroom at a school in Mount Lebanon, October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RTSR7H7

US leadership in global education: The time is now

Rebecca Winthrop

Monday, October 17, 2016

Skills in the digital age—How should education systems evolve?

Rebecca Winthrop, Timothy P. Williams, and Eileen McGivney

Wednesday, October 5, 2016