Dr. Bibi Groot is Director and Head of Educational Policy at CLOO Behavioral Insights Unit – a specialist consultancy firm in the area of behavioral (public) policy. CLOO’s mission is to address real-world challenges through a scientific understanding of human behavior. CLOO is member of the 21st Century Skills Coalition joined by different public and private organizations to … [Read more...] about Boosting our youth’s resilience in the face of COVID-19: emotion regulation is key
Lifelong Learning During COVID-19 is Imperative
Jeremy Auger is the Chief Strategy Officer at D2L – a world leader in education technology. D2L works with national and sub-national governments to deliver learning and skills development to individuals anytime, anywhere. D2L is member of the 21st Century Skills Coalition joined by different public and private organizations to promote the development of 21st century skills in … [Read more...] about Lifelong Learning During COVID-19 is Imperative
#skills21 in the context of COVID-19
And one day, suddenly, everything stopped. And, as Gabriel García Marquez would say in his novel, perhaps “It was inevitable”. When we wrote The future is now a few months ago and we were talking about disruptions in the global order, we never thought that they would come with such virulence and, even less, that the trigger would be a virus that will force us all to stop what … [Read more...] about #skills21 in the context of COVID-19
School closures: the challenge that COVID-19 has imposed on the educational systems of Latin America and the Caribbean
Rosita looks through the window of her house in Guayaquil and remembers her school, her teacher, and her classmates. She does not understand why she can no longer go out to play with her friends in the neighborhood or visit her grandmother, nor why her father has not come to visit her in almost a month. Her mother has told her she needs to study and do homework following … [Read more...] about School closures: the challenge that COVID-19 has imposed on the educational systems of Latin America and the Caribbean
Schools and coronavirus – three urgent challenges and one necessary transformation
The current spread of coronavirus poses a major public health challenge to every country in the world. Schools and their administrators may be the next in line to face the test, as these institutions have traditionally been a key channel of contagion of all sorts of illnesses. Let’s take a look at the case of China—when the virus became endemic, school authorities postponed … [Read more...] about Schools and coronavirus – three urgent challenges and one necessary transformation