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May

21
2018

9:00 am EDT - 6:00 pm EDT

Past Event

Citizens of the future: Innovations to leapfrog global education

Monday, May 21, 2018

9:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT

Brookings Institution

1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC
20036

The world is facing an urgent learning crisis. Experts predict that, by 2030, 825 million children in low- and middle-income countries—half of today’s youth generation—will reach adulthood without the skills they need to thrive in work and life. More worrisome still, it will take approximately 100 years for the most marginalized youth to achieve the learning levels that the wealthiest enjoy today. Confronted with these pervasive and persistent inequalities, we must make room for bold new approaches that have the potential to deliver quality learning for all children and youth, not in a century, but today.

On May 21, 2018, the Center for Universal Education at Brookings (CUE) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) hosted an international conference which focused on the potential of education innovations to rapidly accelerate progress in global education.Citizens of the Future - May 21

The conference convened a global community of education innovators, funders, policymakers, and practitioners to explore the promise of leapfrogging in education—rapidly accelerating educational progress to ensure that all young people develop the skills they need to thrive in a fast-changing world. Through a series of conversations bridging educational research and practice, participants contributed to the global innovations community and left with actionable insights into how they might orient their work toward a leapfrog vision of education and ultimately help our children and youth build the skills they need to constructively address the problems of tomorrow.

Please contact cue@brookings.edu with any questions or media requests.

Session 2 - Unburdening teachers: Harnessing the power of community expertise and technology

Session 2 - Unburdening teachers: Harnessing the power of community expertise and technology

Session 3 - Innovations in teacher training: A key element in developing the education workforce

Session 3 - Innovations in teacher training: A key element in developing the education workforce

Session 4 - Education innovations in practice (Falk)

Session 4 - Education innovations in practice (Saul/Zilkha)

Session 5 - What is next for the education innovations community?

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