Every nation describes education as a top domestic policy priority. But few avenues exist to connect those policy conversations across national boundaries. What should a global conversation about education look like? What are the pressing international challenges that educators and societies face — and where are the opportunities for innovation, collaboration, discovery, and meaningful engagement on real-world problems?
Join us for this special one-hour broadcast as we explore the powerful ideas that will shape the world’s education landscape for the next decade and beyond. We’re proud to host members of the Council of Luminaries, an international and cross-disciplinary group of leading thinkers convened by the Yidan Prize Foundation in 2020 to fuel education progress globally.
This Education Now episode is presented with The Yidan Prize Foundation.
Welcome by: Bridget Long, Dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE
Speakers:
- Anant Agarwal, Founder and CEO, edX; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Usha Goswami, Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience and Director, Center for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge
- Thomas Kane, Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE
- Angeline Murimirwa, CAMFED Executive Director—Africa
Education Now is an HGSE webinar series that responds to the dramatic changes in the field of education in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Each episode is designed to prompt observations and insights that are thought-provoking and actionable.
In addition to Zoom, Education Now webinars are streamed to YouTube, Facebook, and other social platforms, as well as to the HGSE website, at hgse.me/ednow.