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]]> Nelly, a 7 years old girl, is studying at home, in Abidjan, in the South of Côte d'Ivoire. Credit: UNICEF/UNI317552// Frank Dejongh
Nelly, a 7 years old girl, is studying at home, in Abidjan, in the South of Côte d’Ivoire. Credit: UNICEF/UNI317552// Frank Dejongh

Cathrin Jerie, Program Manager at the Jacobs Foundation and Rachel Landers, MIT Solve’s Portfolio Lead for Solve’s Strategic & Partner Programs write about how to address the need for evidence-based innovation in education by empowering researchers, social entrepreneurs and education organizations to work together.

Read the full post on GPE’s Education for all blog.

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]]> Can Collaborative Leadership help bridge Africa’s education divide? https://jacobsfoundation.org/can-collaborative-leadership-help-bridge-africas-education-divide/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:11:21 +0000 https://jacobsfoundation.org/?p=30424 Co-CEO Fabio Segura advocates a systematic approach to tackle education reform is urgent and essential.

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]]> Co-CEO Fabio Segura advocates a systematic approach to tackle education reform is urgent and essential.

Jacobs Foundation Co-CEO Fabio Segura strongly asserts that recent global challenges have taught us that solving large-scale, complex, and seemingly intractable problems requires a systemic approach. In his article for the Africa Times, Fabio argues collaboration is both urgent and essential to successfully tackle education reform.

An example of such collaborative leadership is the recent launch of the Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF) a new funding coalition across public and private sectors to improve access to and enhance the quality of education for millions of children in Côte d’Ivoire.

Read Fabio’s article about the need for a systemic approach in education to meet #SDG4 pledges here: https://africatimes.com/2022/10/20/can-collaborative-leadership-help-bridge-africas-education-divide/

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]]> Edtech Should Be More Evidence-Driven https://jacobsfoundation.org/37484/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 07:30:00 +0000 https://jacobsfoundation.org/?p=37484 The post Edtech Should Be More Evidence-Driven appeared first on Jacobs Foundation.

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Co-CEOs Fabio Segura and Simon Sommer argue for more evidence in EdTech and show ways how the Jacobs Foundation engages in this quest, so that EdTech solutions can unfold its vast potential to improve learning.

“Bridging the divide between science and the industry will be essential in ensuring that robust evidence drives how edtech is developed, used and evaluated. In particular, the use of evidence in investment decisions needs to become a priority if edtech is to fulfill its impact potential”.

Read the full article here.

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]]> Can Co-Leadership be the future of philanthropy? https://jacobsfoundation.org/can-co-leadership-be-the-future-of-philanthropy/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:00:40 +0000 https://jacobsfoundation.org/?p=24430 What is Co-Leadership and why did the Jacobs Foundation work so hard to implement it on all management levels?

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]]> The Jacobs Foundation is one of the first Foundations in the world with Co-Leadership on all management levels.

After nearly two years of experience, Chief Knowledge Officer Donika Dimovska, together with Co-CEOs Fabio Segura and Simon Sommer, explain why this type of management structure was introduced, which common pitfalls have been avoided, and how the Foundation is better for it.

Read further to understand how distributed leadership functions in the Foundation and the key lessons learned so far.

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]]> Can Co-Leadership be the future of philanthropy? https://jacobsfoundation.org/publication/can-co-leadership-be-the-future-of-philanthropy/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:00:38 +0000 https://jacobsfoundation.org/?post_type=publication&p=24442 What is Co-Leadership and why did the Jacobs Foundation work so hard to implement it on all management levels?

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]]> Trust and Thriving Learning Ecosystems https://jacobsfoundation.org/trust-and-thriving-learning-ecosystems/ Tue, 18 May 2021 18:51:48 +0000 https://jacobsfoundation.org/?p=24313 Ross Hall, our Co-Lead of Learning Societies, shares some interesting thoughts on weaving trustful relationships as the bedrock of thriving learning ecosystems.

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]]> How do we bring learning ecosytems to life? Ross Hall, our Co-Lead of Learning Societies, shares why trust in learning ecosystems is often emphasized but rarely interrogated. He explores what trust means for different stakeholders and how we can foster it. The article was originally written as part of a Special Focus for WISE:

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]]> System transformation? It’s in the genes https://jacobsfoundation.org/system-transformation-its-in-the-genes/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:20:32 +0000 https://jacobsfoundation.org/?p=15984 Systems change is more than just a popular catchphrase, but its effectiveness depends on aligning strategies with a foundation’s institutional DNA.

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]]> Systems change is more than just a popular catchphrase, but its effectiveness depends on aligning strategies with a foundation’s institutional DNA.

Sandro Giuliani, Managing Director at Jacobs Foundation about the foundation’s approach to changing systems.

Now available in the online journal of the Alliance magazine:

System transformation? It’s in the genes

 

The Jacobs Foundation is pleased to sponsor this issue “systems change” in order that the content can be shared as widely as possible.

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]]> Private Force for Public Good https://jacobsfoundation.org/private-force-public-good/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 10:55:05 +0000 https://jacobsfoundation.org/?p=7385/ Truly improving children’s educational outcomes at scale requires unorthodox approaches. One promising, yet largely neglected approach is to systematically leverage the private sector’s agenda.

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Truly improving children’s educational outcomes at scale requires unorthodox approaches. One promising, yet largely neglected approach is to systematically leverage the private sector’s agenda.

Open-Access-Article in the Online Journal of the Stanford Social Innovation Review:

Private Sector Force for Public Education

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