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Rebecca Winthrop

Co-director - Center for Universal Education

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@rebeccawinthrop

Ghana school children

Education Plus Development

Ghana’s leapfrog experiment: Free senior secondary school for all youth

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Demonstrators protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, on East 34th Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Education Plus Development

Learning to live together: How education can help fight systemic racism

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, June 5, 2020

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Policy 2020

The need for civic education in 21st-century schools

Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, June 4, 2020

South Africa - Durban - 29 April 2020 - Ayamaah Mazibuko (7) grade 1 at Maris Stella and Nkanyezi Mazibuko (10) grade 4 at Durban Preparatory School (DPHS) noth from Westville doing online learning at home Photo by Doctor Ngcobo/African News Agency/RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa out.

Op-Ed

5 traps that will kill online learning (and strategies to avoid them)

Rebecca Winthrop

Monday, May 4, 2020

Due to the coronavirus epidemic, families like the Dykes and Dettwillers have been removed from their familiar classroom settings to a new home environment where education throughout Ohio has taken on a more individualized culture setting.Detwiller L0a7611

Education Plus Development

Top 10 risks and opportunities for education in the face of COVID-19

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, April 10, 2020

Alice, 5, watches a video sent by school as she studies at home with her father Rodrigo Pinto as his work was suspended during a lockdown imposed by the state government because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Santo Andre, Brazil, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Education

COVID-19 is a health crisis. So why is health education missing from schoolwork?

Rebecca Winthrop

Monday, April 6, 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.

Report

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

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

ZHENGZHOU, CHINA.- Physics teacher Zhao Chuanliang gives an online tuition for students at a local high school in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Feb. 2, 2020. As schools across the country are required to postpone the opening of the spring semester, online tuition has been promoted as an effective method.

Education Plus Development

How has the coronavirus impacted the classroom? On the frontlines with Dr. Jin Chi of Beijing Normal University

Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Florida A&M University moves up to No., 7 among historically black colleges and universities in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings released Sept. 9, 2019.636646057260592110 Famu Campus Jpg

Education Plus Development

How to design a university: A conversation with Doug Becker of Cintana Education

Rebecca Winthrop

Monday, January 27, 2020

A voter casts a ballot at the Flushing Volunteer Fire Department in Flushing, Ohio, March 6, 2012. Republicans are holding their "Super Tuesday" presidential primary in 10 states. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan (UNITED STATES - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E8370HRA01

Education Plus Development

Selling civic engagement: A unique role for the private sector?

Rebecca Winthrop

Wednesday, April 17, 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

Report

How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

A child looks at DJI's Phantom 3 drone at their first flagship store in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China December 20, 2015. Chinese drone developers are racking up an impressive list of aerial solutions for a growing variety of demands, from police surveillance to agricultural mapping and traffic management. Already well established as a world leader in drone manufacturing, China is slowly emerging as a world-class innovator, not just a duplicator of foreign designs. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu - GF10000272196

Education Plus Development

I moved a drone with my mind. Soon your students will too.

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, March 8, 2019

Students attend class at the Headstart private school in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 9, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz SEARCH "FIROUZ EDUCATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC19A8C65A60

Education Plus Development

A review of global education in 2018

Rebecca Winthrop

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

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

Op-Ed

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

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, July 20, 2018