School feeding programs support children's health, nutrition, and education across Latin America and the Caribbean. When COVID-19 closed schools in 2020, these programs adapted by shifting to take-home rations, ensuring 80.3 million children continued receiving meals. As schools reopen, integrated approaches are needed to get kids back on track. In 2023, the IDB Education … [Read more...] about School Feeding: Latin America and The Caribbean Opportunity to Boost Learning Outcomes
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Social and labor inclusion through Education in Technology
Promoting training in digital skills for social and labor inclusion is the primary goal of Guayerd. This EdTech company supports and professionally integrates talent from socially and economically vulnerable groups in Latin America. Learn about the education in technology proposal and the testimonies of some participants who received a free scholarship to study … [Read more...] about Social and labor inclusion through Education in Technology
Skills for Life: Tackling the Ultimate Educational Challenge of the 21st Century
How many women would Amelia Earhart have inspired without her incredible determination? Would Gandhi have changed the course of social movements without empathy? Or would Albert Einstein have revolutionized our understanding of the universe without his ability to handle frustration or think creatively? The history of humanity and its progress has been built on the shoulders of … [Read more...] about Skills for Life: Tackling the Ultimate Educational Challenge of the 21st Century
From the Printing Press to ChatGPT: The Challenge Does Not Lie in Technology but in Education Inequality
Let us reflect on two dates. The first one is 1440: the approximate year in which Gutenberg invented the printing press. The second one is 2022: the year in which OpenAI launched ChatGPT, technology capable of generating language, which by January 2023 already had more than one hundred million users. The world was not and is not the same before and after those two … [Read more...] about From the Printing Press to ChatGPT: The Challenge Does Not Lie in Technology but in Education Inequality
Prioritizing Well-Being in Schools: Coschool’s Recipe for Education with Emotion
What is the main challenge facing educators in a post-pandemic context? Academic results? An increase in bullying? Student desertion? These are all recurring concerns. Nevertheless, one overarching challenge is a root cause that intersects all the aforementioned. In 2022, Coschool, an IDB 21st Century Skills Coalition member, asked this question to over 200 educators from rural … [Read more...] about Prioritizing Well-Being in Schools: Coschool’s Recipe for Education with Emotion