Center for Universal Education
2020
Jun
25
Past Event
Webinar: Education and structural inequalities during COVID-19—How do Finland and the US compare?
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Online only
2020
Jun
9
Past Event
Webinar: Strengthening the civic fabric of the nation
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Online Only
2020
Jun
5
Past Event
Save our education budgets: Maintaining expenditure on education post-pandemic
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Online only
Rebecca Winthrop
Co-director - Center for Universal Education
Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
It’s emergency education. [Efforts to continue classes online is] trying to provide at least some educational opportunity, but it’s nowhere near what kids were receiving in schools.
Education should be, not only part of the investment for the future, but it's really a solution to [COVID-19] recovery. And I think that's important for developing countries in particular.
If you have a very intensive parenting model, that in many ways suffocates that intrinsic motivation for learning and curiosity. Nonacademic skills are important, and we’re looking for kids who are creative and have grit and are resilient. Those don’t show up in SAT scores.