Rebecca Winthrop

Girls' education research and policy symposium

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM EST

Pupils sit in a classroom at the Hausari primary school in Michika village, northeast Nigeria June 12, 2017. Picture taken June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1608963540

Education for fragile states

Homi Kharas and Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Why doctors and mayors will be the next playful learning advocates

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

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

Students attend classes after the city was recaptured from the Islamic State militants in Qayyara, Iraq, November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - D1BEUNJJSIAB

We studied 3,000 new education ideas—here’s how to choose the best

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, July 20, 2018

Leapfrogging Inequality

By Rebecca Winthrop; With Adam Barton and Eileen McGivney

2018

Children attend classes at a school in San Cristobal, Venezuela February 20, 2018. Picture taken February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez - RC1F51D68850

Remaking education to help young people thrive

Rebecca Winthrop and Fred Dews

Friday, May 25, 2018

Citizens of the future: Innovations to leapfrog global education

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM EDT

Boys attend a computer programming lesson using robots connected with an application as part of Kcoderz social initiative

Education innovations are taking root around the world. What do they have in common?

Rebecca Winthrop and Adam Barton

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Economic mobility across generations around the world

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT