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.
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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. With feedback from the audience, he reflects on lessons learned during the 2019 convening, and postulates what the "new learning society" might look like.
Date: 18 June 2019
In the MIT LINC Conference 2019 Keynote address, Dr. Rebecca Winthrop discusses the possibility of leapfrogging—harnessing innovation to rapidly accelerate educational progress—to ensure that all young people develop the skills they need for a fast-changing world.
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.
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.
Date: 25 April 2018
At the Open Education Consortium Global Conference 2018, Dr. Andreia Inamorato dos Santos shares recent work from the European Commission Science and Knowledge Service Joint Research Centre on open educational practices in the European Union.
Date: 1 August 2017
This bulletin reviews 58 randomized evaluations from 28 low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that tested programs designed to increase school enrollment and attendance from preschool through secondary school.
Date: 1 April 2016
This report looks at the challenge of how both online and blended learning can be optimized by incorporating emerging lessons from learning science, from discipline-based education reforms, and from cognitive science.
Date: 28 July 2014
In this final report, the Institute-wide Task Force on the Future of MIT Education presents concrete recommendations for rethinking education at MIT and beyond.