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Über den eigenen Bildungsweg sowie Ängste und Träume aus der Jugend zu reden gehört eigentlich nicht zum Tagesgeschäft von Bundesministern und Managern. Für die neue Online-Plattform „Erste an der Uni“ von Ashoka Fellow Katja Urbatsch tun aber u.a. Vizekanzler Sigmar Gabriel sowie Airbus-Chef Thomas...

Imagine… A conference room is filled with diverse leaders poised to create the future of learning—deans of major university schools of education from across the nation, researchers, school leaders, faculty, entrepreneurs and education innovators. Building on weeks of preparation, these leaders spend...

Questioning the “Perfect” Timeline When I graduated from college I expected–like many of my peers–that I would do meaningful work for a few years, go to graduate school, and then move around from one very exciting role to another every couple of years. In my youthful logic of liking things in tidy...

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Virgin.com as a collaborative article by the Ashoka team. The report contextualises and explores the mission and impact of Ashoka In 1950 Detroit was an engineering hub: home of Ford Motorcars and the heart of the American auto industry. In 2013 the...

Taddy Blecher, an Ashoka fellow, founded the Maharishi Institute to try and revive a lost generation. Every day in South Africa, 4 million youths wake up with nothing to do and it pushes them on to the streets and into crime. Taddy dreamed of a way to unlocking the genius within these young people...

Taddy Blecher, an Ashoka fellow, founded the Maharishi Institute to try and revive a lost generation. Every day in South Africa, 4 million youths wake up with nothing to do and it pushes them on to the streets and into crime. Taddy dreamed of a way to unlocking the genius within these young people...

"The world is crying out for new ideas... Our kids ought to recognise how deep their capacities for education are." "The capacity for new thinking - or turning old ideas into new applications - has really never been more important." How should we adapt to the modern world? International advisor on...

What does changemaking in higher education look like in Singapore, Mexico, and the southeast United States? Though contexts vary, common interests and experiences unite these institutions across oceans. To celebrate this excellence, these three new institutions have been selected to join the Ashoka...

Something transformative is happening in our schools. Changemaking and empathy are fast taking their places alongside reading and math as core competencies students need for success in life. Unless you’re off the grid, you’d have see evidence across four national television networks. Think It Up, a...