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Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) to spark global renaissance in education through innovation at MIT
The global collaborative effort will help educators, universities, governments, and companies revolutionize the effectiveness and reach of education, and aims to help prepare people everywhere for a labor market radically altered by technological progress, globalization, and the pursuit of higher living standards around the world. A guiding focus of J-WEL will be learners in the developing world, populations underserved by education such as women and girls, and a growing displaced population that includes refugees.
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This Harvard doctor has a plan to save 30 million lives by 2030
A 2-year-old child in rural Liberia has a fever. It could be malaria, and the only way to get treatment is for her mother to carry her on her back, cross a riverbed by canoe and walk through a forest for at least two days to get to the nearest health care clinic.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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One of These 5 Student Ideas For Refugee Tech Will Win A $1 Million Prize
There are many reasons for student-entrepreneurs to enter this year’s Hult Prize, including the $1 million check (the most of any social good innovation contest anywhere), and the chance of standing on stage with Bill Clinton as he announces the winner this Fall. Bloomberg Businessweek has dubbed the Hult, which recognizes and develops new social enterprise ideas, “the Nobel Prize for B-schools.”
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- Education
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- innovation
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MBA Programs Help Students Change the World
Sarah Millar spent her first years out of college doing stock market research for a New York City financial firm. In her spare time, she taught English as a second language and fostered homeless dogs. "I was getting a lot more fulfillment from those things," she says, "than from work."
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- North America
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Full steam ahead for healthcare providing ‘trains of hope’
The Phelophepa train draws a crowd wherever it goes. The sound of the lumbering 19-car clinic-on-rails signals the arrival of badly needed free healthcare for thousands of South Africans as it tours the country.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nearpod Notches $21M in Series B Round to Expand Digital, Virtual Learning Experiences
Nearpod, which offers a suite of tools for teachers to create and share multimedia-rich lessons, presentations and digital activities with students, has raised $21 million in a Series B round led by Insight Venture Partners.
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Education Experts Square Off on the Public Versus Private School Debate in Africa
Although it may seem counterintuitive, nearly three times as many primary school children are enrolled in private schools in developing countries than in developed ones, according to United Nations figures.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Court upholds Busia’s decision to close 10 Bridge International schools
A High Court has upheld a decision to close all Bridge International Academies in Busia for failing to meet education standards. Justice Korir on Friday dismissed a complaint from the school after it sought to contest the decision by the Busia County education board.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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