Young people's career ambitions remain constrained by old expectations and gender roles – but working professionals can play a role in fulfilling their potential.

Nick Chambers 26 Feb 2020

Education and Skills

How can we prepare students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? 5 lessons from innovative schools around the world

Here's how educational institutions can prepare students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Sean Fleming 03 Feb 2020

Education and Skills

Want to feel confident in yourself? Help others to do the same

New research from Wharton’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative (BCFG) in America, finds that when people share their advice, they get a shot of self-confidence that helps them on their o...

Knowledge @Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 30 Jan 2020

Education and Skills

Learning through play: how schools can educate students through technology

Learning through play has a critical role in education. Tech can help.

John Goodwin 24 Jan 2020

SDG 04: Quality Education

How higher education can adapt to the future of work

Automation and the gig economy are radically changing how we work. How we learn must keep pace with these new technologies. We need education to be cross-disciplinary, personalised and fo...

Farnam Jahanian 21 Jan 2020

SDG 04: Quality Education

The world is failing miserably on access to education. Here's how to change course

At current rates of progress, Sustainable Development Goal 4 - to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all - will be missed by 88%.

David Edwards 20 Jan 2020

Youth Perspectives

Classroom to workplace: what young people need to succeed

Many young people leave school without the necessary skills to succeed in the workplace. Disadvantaged students struggle the most and are more likely to transition to low-paying and low-s...

Sarah Brown and Henrietta H. Fore 20 Jan 2020

Education and Skills

The world's best teacher wants to put an artist in every UK school

Skills demand from 2018 - 2022 is leaning toward far more creative roles. However artistic and creative learning in UK schools is declining. One of the world's top teachers, Andria Zafira...

Emma Charlton 06 Jan 2020

Gender Parity

This was the struggle for female education in the U.S.

Since 1870, girls have been outperforming boys in school. So how did they get there?

Livia Gershon · Quartz 03 Jan 2020

Education and Skills

This is how bedtime stories can make children smarter and kinder

From being empathetic to better language and maths skills, the social, intellectual and emotional benefits gained from reading storybooks as a child are numerous.

Sandra Martin-Chang and Stephanie Kozak · The Conversation 23 Dec 2019

SDG 04: Quality Education

These Nepali ‘Big Sisters’ are pushing back against child marriage

Big Sisters in Nepal are counselling teenage girls with menstrual health and period myths in Nepal

Annie Banjeri · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 12 Dec 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Here’s what you need to know about Bangladesh’s rocketing economy

Bangladesh hopes to lose its Least Developed Country classification within five years.

Katharine Rooney 19 Nov 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

These are the world's best MBAs, according to The Economist

Top MBAs are dominated by US institutions, with the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business in first place.

Emma Charlton 11 Nov 2019

SDG 04: Quality Education

A visual representation of America's digital literacy

A new survey from the Pew Research Center has found American adults are lacking in digital literacy. More than half of adults know advertising is the largest source of revenue for social ...

Sarah Feldman · Statista 30 Oct 2019

Education and Skills

This is how we can eliminate learning poverty for children by 2030

We expect children to have basic reading and writing skills - but studies have shown that in low and middle-income countries, more than half of children cannot read and understand a simpl...

Jaime Saavedra · World Bank 30 Oct 2019

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