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LINC 2019 Keynote: What is the Potential of Education to Leapfrog Education Progress Globally? (excerpt)

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Rebecca Winthrop

Director, Center for Universal Education; Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development
The Brookings Institution

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In this excerpt from Dr. Rebecca Winthrop's LINC 2019 keynote address, she explains what it means to leapfrog education using an example from Brazil, where innovative techniques are being used to help kids access education in remote jungle areas.

Topics: Education at Scale Education Policy Education Research Innovation/Entrepreneurship Education

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MIT LINC Conference
Education Policy
Innovation

Building Digital-Ready Culture in Traditional Organizations

Content Author:

George Westerman

Date: 21 June 2019

Faculty Director for J-WEL's Workforce Learning Collaborative, George Westerman—along with co-authors Deborah L.

LINC 2019 Featured Speaker: Dr. Peter Senge

Content Author:

Peter Senge

Date: 20 June 2019

In LINC's closing session, Dr. Peter Senge, senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, offers his insights on the history of education at MIT and elsewhere as the LINC conference has evolved.

LINC 2019 Keynote: What is the Potential of Education to Leapfrog Education Progress Globally?

Content Author:

Rebecca Winthrop

Date: 18 June 2019

Dr. Rebecca Winthrop speaks at the LINC 2019 Conference in this keynote address.

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LINC 2019 Panel: The New Learning Society

Content Author:

Vijay Kumar Ed. D, Krishna Rajagopal, Claudia Urrea, George Westerman

Date: 18 June 2019

The "New Learning Society” comprises an audience that runs the gamut – from learners who may be displaced because of social and political crises to those who need re-skilling in order to engage productively in the emerging workforce and includes early learners as well as adults.

The OECD Learning Compass 2030

Content Author:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Date: 12 June 2019

The Learning Compass 2030 defines the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that learners need to fulfill their potential and contribute to the well-being of their communities and the planet.

Guidelines for Teaching @MIT and Beyond

Content Author:

MIT Teaching and Learning Lab

Date: 3 December 2018

On this site you will find components of MIT's adaptation of the Guidelines on Learning that Inform Teaching originally created and published by the University of New South Wales.

The Science of Learning (webinar slides)

Content Author:

Jeff Dieffenbach, Aaron Kessler

Date: 14 November 2018

This document contains slides from J-WEL's November 2018 webinar, entitled "The Science of Learning," with Jeff Dieffenbach, Associate Director of the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili), and Aaron Kessler, Se

Miseducation: Is There Racial Inequality at Your School?

Content Author:

ProPublica Website

Date: 16 October 2018

Based on civil rights data released by the U.S. Department of Education, ProPublica has built an interactive database to examine racial disparities in educational opportunities and school discipline.

Access to Education (webinar excerpt)

Content Author:

Radhika Bhula, Meagan Neal

Date: 11 July 2018

Radhika Bhula, Policy Manager at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), describes a report compiling 58 different evaluations from 28 low and middle-income countries on primary and secondary school attendance.

Roll Call: Getting Children Into School

Content Author:

Radhika Bhula, Meagan Neal

Date: 11 July 2018

In this webinar, Dr.

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