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Rebecca Winthrop

Co-director - Center for Universal Education

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@rebeccawinthrop

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

Senegalese President Macky Sall and French President Emmanuel Macron talk during an agreement signing ceremony at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ludovic Marin/Pool - RC1282C70620

Education Plus Development

Strengthening global education partnerships during a time of increasing isolationism

Rebecca Winthrop

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Children work on laptops provided by Angola's sovereign wealth fund at a Dom Bosco Catholic mission school in Luanda's impoverished Sambizanga neighbourhood, Angola June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Ed Cropley - D1AETJBZUTAB

Africa in focus

Foresight Africa viewpoint – Can technology help leapfrog education in Africa?

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

A Muslim girl learns to read the Koran at a madrassa, or religious school, during the holy month of Ramadan in the old quarters of Delhi July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E97V1E3P01

Education Plus Development

A review of education in 2017

Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Visitors to the National Archives view the Declaration of Independence, preserved under glass and special lighting, ahead of the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday in Washington, July 3, 2013. The declaration, which helped touch off the American Revolution in 1776, begins: "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth..." REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) - GM1E97406U201

Education Plus Development

The bucket list for involved citizens: 76 things you can do to boost civic engagement

Rebecca Winthrop and Meg Heubeck

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Refugee schoolchildren attend in a classroom on the first day of the new school year at one of UNRWA schools in of Palestinian refugee camp in Amman

External Article

The Economist asks: What’s the next great leap for education?

Rebecca Winthrop

The Economist Monday, May 8, 2017

A student reacts to the camera as a teacher teaches the 2013 curriculum inside a classroom at Cempaka Putih district in Jakarta, October 15, 2014. Indonesia plans to discontinue early next year the widely criticised school curriculum that emphasises moral and religious education, a minister said on Monday. Picture taken October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS) - GM1EAC81NZV01

Future Development

No learner left behind: Embracing the leapfrog mindset to achieve the SDGs

Rebecca Winthrop and Lauren Ziegler

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Adults and children play with Lego bricks during the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Lego brick, at Lego House in Billund, Denmark January 28, 2018. Scanpix Denmark/Michael Drost-Hansen via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC142CA74E00

Podcast Episode

The power of parents in accelerating global education progress

Rebecca Winthrop and Fred Dews

Friday, June 7, 2019

Makpal Abrazakova, 25, uses her computer to chat with friends in her home in Aksu-Ayuly in central Kazakhstan, February 23, 2012. Makpal, who is professionally trained as a lawyer, is the only female eagle hunter in Kazakhstan. She started learning falconry from her father at the age of 13. Picture taken February 23, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) - GM1E8330ED901

Education Plus Development

Revolutionizing online education: A conversation with President Michael Crow of Arizona State University

Emal Dusst and Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, May 17, 2019

Schoolchildren study inside their classroom at a government-run school in Kolkata November 20, 2014. Picture taken November 20. To match story INDIA-RELIGION/EDUCATION REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION RELIGION) - RTR4EZDG

External Article

Indian pupils invent their own lessons

Rebecca Winthrop

BBC Tuesday, November 22, 2016