Education Technology

Education Plus Development

Does reopening schools lead to increased life expectancy? The data aren’t so simple.

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Margaret Burchinal, and Elias Blinkoff

Monday, November 23, 2020

Report

A historic shock to parental engagement in education: Parent perspectives in Botswana during COVID-19

Rebecca Winthrop, Mahsa Ershadi, Noam Angrist, Efua Bortsie, and Moitshepi Matsheng

Monday, November 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Mrs. Mitchell's senior English class is socially distant and at half-capacity at York Suburban High School in York, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski

TechTank

TechTank Podcast Episode 6: Is there a way to keep schools open safely?

Nicol Turner Lee

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

A renovated classroom in Sunshine Elementary on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. The nearly $14 million project was funded by the $168 million bond issue approved by voters in April 2019.Tsunshine00048

Education Plus Development

The missing piece: Where is ‘education’ in the national conversation?

Elias Blinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Helen Shwe Hadani

Monday, October 12, 2020

Reports

Essay

Realizing the promise: How can education technology improve learning for all?

Alejandro J. Ganimian, Emiliana Vegas, Frederick M. Hess, and Frederick Hess

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Report

Beyond reopening schools: How education can emerge stronger than before COVID-19

Emiliana Vegas and Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Report

What do we know about the expansion of K-12 computer science education?

Emiliana Vegas and Brian Fowler

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Martin Vernaza, 8, studies at home after school closes during the mandatory isolation decreed by the Colombian government as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Report

School closures, government responses, and learning inequality around the world during COVID-19

Emiliana Vegas

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Dec 4, 2019; Dilley, TX, U.S.A; Young migrants use computers inside a classroom in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas Mandatory Credit: Courtney Sacco-USA TODAY

Telecommunications & Internet

Bridging digital divides between schools and communities

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, March 2, 2020

Blog Posts

Nigerian pupils work on computers at the LEA primary school in Abuja in this May 30, 2007 picture. The school is a pilot site for the "One laptop per child" project, a non profit organisation aimed at providing children in the world with a means to express their potential. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA)

Education Plus Development

DRAWing away from the curriculum of the past

Thelma Obiakor

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Malik Gordon, a sixth grader at Nashville Classical Charter School, sits with his mother, Victoria, as he does online learning on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Victoria Gordon had to quit her job to support him academically, but they are still experiencing challenges with virtual schooling.Nas Remote Learning Inequities 003 1

How We Rise

Students of color most likely to be learning online: Districts must work even harder on race equity

Ember Smith and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Gabrielle and Ethan Archibald take school classes virtually as schools go back online to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ramsey, New Jersey, U.S. September 11, 2020. Kimberlee Bradshaw Archibald/Handout via REUTERS

TechTank

How courageous schools partnering with local communities can overcome digital inequalities during COVID-19

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, September 17, 2020

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Can we alleviate racism and systemic inequality by expanding broadband during COVID-19?

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Past Policy 2020 Event

Back to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing students’ right to education against public health

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Webinar: What’s being done to address the growing US digital divide

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Leapfrogging Inequality

By Rebecca Winthrop; With Adam Barton and Eileen McGivney

2018

Assessment and teaching of 21st century skills: Research and applications

Edited by Esther Care, Patrick Griffin, and Mark Wilson

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Experts

Rebecca Winthrop

Co-director - Center for Universal Education

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@rebeccawinthrop

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Multimedia

Students use tablet PCs as they have a lesson in the classroom at a primary school in Langfang city, south China's Hebei province, 24 April 2018.A primary school in Langfang city of Hebei province has introduced tablet PCs into class to facilitate the mathematics teaching. Every student is equipped with a tablet computer in class. The primary school is the first piloted school for smart class in the city. Currently, electronic devices have been applied to seven schools.No Use China. No Use France.

Podcast Episode

How education technology can improve learning for all students

Alejandro J. Ganimian, Emiliana Vegas, and Fred Dews

Friday, September 11, 2020

Street signs are pictured at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) in San Diego, California, February 28, 2013. Looming sequestration cuts are expected to adversely effect scientific research in San Diego. REUTER/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION HEALTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E9310LEH01

Podcast Episode

How universities can help tackle global challenges

Maysa Jalbout and Fred Dews

Friday, November 29, 2019

Podcast Episode

Ending global poverty: Education and digital technology

Adrianna Pita, Rebecca Winthrop, and Laurence Chandy

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

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