How early robotics can boost computational thinking, challenge gender stereotypes, and open doors for girls in STEM. A 16-year-old girl from Texas, Tejasvi Manoj, was named TIME’s 2025 Kid of the Year, for creating Shield Seniors, an AI-powered platform that protects older adults from online fraud. Her achievement was possible because she had early exposure to coding … [Read more...] about Five Ways Robotics Can Open Equal Opportunities in Programming Skills
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Driving Sustainability with More and Better Talent: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean could create millions of jobs but only if we develop the right skills to turn this opportunity into sustainable growth and equity. Latin America and the Caribbean are betting on sustainability, shifting how the region produces, consumes, and creates jobs. This transformation, driven by new technologies, emerging sectors, and more … [Read more...] about Driving Sustainability with More and Better Talent: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
More Than a Meal: Why School Meals Matter for Nutrition
School feeding programs not only nourish millions of children across Latin America and the Caribbean; they also ease household budgets and strengthen the resilience of food systems. Every day, millions of children across Latin America and the Caribbean walk into school hungry. For these children school may be the only place where they receive a nutritious meal. There … [Read more...] about More Than a Meal: Why School Meals Matter for Nutrition
From human counselors to AI agents: What We Learned From Scaling Career Guidance in Chile
Scaling effective educational interventions remains a major policy challenge. Programs that succeed at a small scale often lose impact when expanded—a phenomenon researchers call the "voltage effect." This is especially true for interventions that depend on intensive human interactions such as counseling, coaching or mentoring, where cost and availability of skilled personnel … [Read more...] about From human counselors to AI agents: What We Learned From Scaling Career Guidance in Chile
AI and Education: How to Make a True Educational Revolution Possible
For years, technology has entered classrooms across Latin America and the Caribbean with promises of an educational revolution. Many well-intentioned efforts have produced mixed results. However, evidence accumulated over recent decades has taught us that what truly makes a difference is not the technology itself, but how it is used. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) … [Read more...] about AI and Education: How to Make a True Educational Revolution Possible