Education Archives

The Role of Business in Education for Sustainable Development

Our new report demonstrates how business can help people gain the skills and knowledge to advance sustainable development, navigate the future of work and create a more prosperous society. The project was led by Business Fights Poverty, Pearson, Arizona State University and PRME, an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact.

Education, Global Goals

October 24, 2018

Equity of Learning in Lagos

A new report from DFID shows equity of learning in Bridge Nigeria schools. This marks an important milestone in the debate around Bridge’s role in helping poor families access quality education, not least because it contradicts decades of global education research trends that says family background matters more than the school a child attends.

Education

October 22, 2018

Low-Income Families and Private Education

A guide for investors to direct their resources and influence towards proven solutions that strengthen quality in education and address the particular challenges of inclusivity that arise from a fee-based model. With Endeva, BRAC, CDC Group and DFID.

Business, Education, Partnerships

July 1, 2018

The Role of Business in Education and Training for Sustainable Development

A report on the role of business in supporting education and the SDGs. With Pearson, Arizona State University, and PRME, United Nations Global Compact.

Education, Global Goals

July 1, 2018

Helping Refugees Move From Crisis To Resilience and Self-Reliance

Introducing our new Challenge on Business and Refugees with support from Pearson and in partnership with UNHCR, Mercy Corps, Business Call to Action, Innovest Advisory and Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Challenge aims to strengthen the foundation for effective partnerships to improve refugees’ wellbeing and educational and livelihood opportunities so refugees can thrive, not just survive.

Climate & Environment, Conflict and Peace, Education, Finance and Investment, Food and Nutrition, Gender, Health, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Partnerships, Refugees and Migration, Social Enterprises

April 20, 2018

Virtual Exchange: Students Collaborate to Tackle Social Enterprise Challenges in the Middle East

The M²GATE Virtual exchange program pairs students from Michigan & the Middle East to take on social enterprise challenges. Together they collaborate to identify a social problem in the region and come up with an entrepreneurial solution.

Education, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Refugees and Migration, Social Enterprises, Water and Sanitation

April 3, 2018

How Can Business Help Strengthen Provision of High Quality, Low Cost Education for the Poor?

What can be done to help improve the contribution of low-cost private schools to the education of children from low-income families? And what are the conditions needed for low cost private schools to equitably and sustainably deliver better outcomes for poor communities in ways that will further strengthen national education systems as a whole?

Agriculture, Education, Water and Sanitation

February 27, 2018

Virtual Reality Training in Southern Africa

New technology fills a gap that many governments and training institutions in Africa are struggling to bridge: the need for more skilled workers. Virtual reality training can offer opportunities in a number of fields, giving people access to knowledge which can be used to improve their lives.

Education, Technology, Water and Sanitation, Youth

February 16, 2018

Delivering on the Promise of Inclusive Business

Inclusive business as an idea has pushed the boundaries of what is possible and it offers the potential for scale in a way that philanthropy never could. So why are there so few examples that have truly scaled? What needs to happen to deliver on the promise of inclusive business?

Climate & Environment, Education, Finance and Investment, Food and Nutrition, Gender, Global Goals, Health, Innovative Business Models, Intrapreneurship, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Partnerships, Technology

December 14, 2017

Teodora Berkova

Pearson

Education, Intrapreneurship

October 11, 2017

Partnering to Get Every Child Learning

The world is witnessing the highest levels of human displacement on record since World War II. Of the unprecedented 65.3 million people forced from their homes, almost one-third are refugees, seeking protection from violence or persecution. The majority of refugee children have lost not only their home, but also…