More students achieve a tertiary degree than ever before. In 2018 it was 44% of 25-34 year-olds in the OECD countries which is 9% more than in 2008. This is one of good news highlighted by the newly published OECD report “Education at Glance 2019”.
How can research be translated into everyday solutions? How should the Future of Learning look like? A one-day workshop brought together members of five Jacobs Fellowships during the 2019 Swiss Week in Zurich.
As an early childhood teacher in Washington, DC, Laura White, our Social Entrepreneur Fellow, was very familiar with the challenges facing young children and families in the United States.
Early childhood services are provided by a wide range of programs, which primarily are administered by the education, health and social welfare sectors.
Spreading the word about how children and young people develop and learn has always been one of our main concerns. This is why we have started and supported a number of platforms and initiatives dedicated to reaching a broad audience around the world.
Recent conflicts in Syria and Iraq have created the largest refugee crisis since World War II. Too often reporting has overlooked the consequences for young children’s brain development, emotional and cognitive growth, academic and economic trajectory.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Klaus J. Jacobs Awards, the Jacobs Foundation has awarded ten prizes to social innovators in the field of child and youth development.
Throughout life, we encounter changing environments that require us to learn and adapt. Human brain plasticity describes the capacity of our brain to change in response to these experiences.
