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Leapfrogging Inequality
Remaking Education to Help Young People Thrive
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Leapfrogging Inequality
Remaking Education to Help Young People Thrive
About this book
Exemplary stories of innovation from around the world
In an age of rising inequality, getting a good education increasingly separates the haves from the have nots. In countries like the United States, getting a good education is one of the most promising routes to upper-middle-class status, even more so than family wealth. Experts predict that by 2030, 825 million children will reach adulthood without basic secondary-level skills, and it will take a century for the most marginalized youth to achieve the educational levels that the wealthiest enjoy today. But these figures do not even account for the range of skills and competencies needed to thrive today in work, citizenship, and life. In a world where the ability to manipulate knowledge and information, think critically, and collaboratively solve problems are essential to thrive, access to a quality education is crucial for all young people.
In Leapfrogging Inequality, researchers chart a new path for global education by examining 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. Analyzing a catalog of nearly 3,000 global education innovations, the largest such collection to date, researchers explore the potential of current practices to enable such a leap. As part of this analysis, the book presents an evidence-based framework for getting ahead in education, which it grounds in the here-and-now by narrating exemplary stories of innovation from around the world. Together, these stories and resources will inspire educators, investors, leaders of nongovernmental organizations, and policymakers alike to rally around a new vision of educational progress-one that ensures we do not leave yet another generation of young people behind.
In an age of rising inequality, getting a good education increasingly separates the haves from the have nots. In countries like the United States, getting a good education is one of the most promising routes to upper-middle-class status, even more so than family wealth. Experts predict that by 2030, 825 million children will reach adulthood without basic secondary-level skills, and it will take a century for the most marginalized youth to achieve the educational levels that the wealthiest enjoy today. But these figures do not even account for the range of skills and competencies needed to thrive today in work, citizenship, and life. In a world where the ability to manipulate knowledge and information, think critically, and collaboratively solve problems are essential to thrive, access to a quality education is crucial for all young people.
In Leapfrogging Inequality, researchers chart a new path for global education by examining 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. Analyzing a catalog of nearly 3,000 global education innovations, the largest such collection to date, researchers explore the potential of current practices to enable such a leap. As part of this analysis, the book presents an evidence-based framework for getting ahead in education, which it grounds in the here-and-now by narrating exemplary stories of innovation from around the world. Together, these stories and resources will inspire educators, investors, leaders of nongovernmental organizations, and policymakers alike to rally around a new vision of educational progress-one that ensures we do not leave yet another generation of young people behind.
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Index
Page numbers followed by b refer to boxes; those followed by f, to figures, and those followed by t, to tables.
abcdespañol game, 64
Abdul-Hamid, Husein, 78
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-Pal), 73
Aceron, Joy, 78
adaptive learning technology, 72–73, 98, 102
Aflatoun International, 69
Africa: education of girls, 16; Learner Guide Program, 69–70; LINK School Performance Review, 102; mobile phone service, 19, 33; school hours, 18; teacher-centered pedagogies, 31. See also individual countries
after-school programs, 2–4, 57, 65, 72–73, 90
Alberton Primary School (Australia), 61
Algebrator program, 54
Al Jisir, 62
Anderson, Benedict, 27
Anderson, Kate, 29
artificial intelligence, 101
Ashoka, 44, 86
Asia. See individual countries
assessments. See learning recognition; Program for International Student Assessment
A. T. Kearney, 23
Australia: Alberton Primary School, 61; national curriculum, 28–29
Autor, David H., 20
Baker, David, 11
Bhaumau (Uttar Pradesh), 2–4
blended learning, 56, 78–79
Bloom, Benjamin Samuel, 49
Brazil: learning innovations, 95; Peads, 72; PISA scores, 87; technical education innovations, 45–48
breadth of skills, 5, 7b, 28–30, 34, 38. See also skills
Brin, Sergey, 30
Brown, Gordon, 38–39
businesses: entrepreneurial capacity, 23, 63; innovations initiated by, 4, 89; public-private partnerships, 91, 109–10; technology, 89. See also employment
BuzzMath, 99
Cambodia, schools, 31
Camfed, Learner Guide Program, 69–70, 107–8
Can’t Wait to Learn program, 43, 71
Care, Esther, 29
Carnegie Mellon University, Open Learning Initiative, 78–79
catalog of innovations. See global catalog of innovations
Center for Universal Education (CUE), Brookings Institution, 29, 38, 67, 96
Chile, eMat, 98
Chung, Connie K., 23
citizenship: national identities, 27; skills, 22–23
civil ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- One: Introduction: Inequality Driven by Education
- Two: Why Do We Need to Leapfrog?
- Three: What Do We Mean by Leapfrogging?
- Four: Can We Leapfrog?
- Five: How to Leapfrog
- Six: The Potential to Leapfrog
- Seven: Conclusion
- Notes
- Index