Here we include links to the work, and online resources of all Yidan Prize laureates.
We hope they inspire you as much as they inspire us.
The Yidan Prize Foundation extends heartfelt thanks to each laureate.
Founder and Chair Emeritus, BRAC
Founder and Chair Emeritus, BRAC
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG (April 1936 – December 2019) was the Founder of BRAC, one of the world’s largest NGOs. Viewing education as a catalyst for change, he passionately championed early childhood development and play-based learning. BRAC runs the largest secular private education system in the world, that has provided primary education to over 13 million children. His vision continues to inspire BRAC to alleviate poverty and create opportunities for people to realize their potential in 11 countries in Africa and Asia.
Founder, edX
Founder, edX
Professor Anant Agarwal is the Founder and CEO of edX, the online learning destination founded by Harvard and MIT. The platform aims to provide access to high quality education at scale, to learners around the world, regardless of geographic location, financial resources, prior academic qualifications, gender, race or other demographics.
CEO, Pratham Education Foundation
CEO, Pratham Education Foundation
Dr Banerji’s work has been guided by Pratham’s mission of “every child in school and learning well”. Under her leadership, Pratham has focused on understanding and solving the problem of why children are in school, but not learning. Her team’s ‘Teaching at the Right Level’ (TaRL) program has been used by many India’s state governments to deal with the learning crisis. And the model is spreading to countries in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Founder and Director, Fundación Escuela Nueva (FEN)
Founder and Director, Fundación Escuela Nueva (FEN)
Ms Vicky Colbert is founder and director of Fundación Escuela Nueva. The education model she espouses has benefited students in more than 20,000 rural schools in Colombia, and has been adopted in 19 countries.
Professor Emerita, Stanford University; President, Learning Policy Institute
Professor Emerita, Stanford University; President, Learning Policy Institute
Recognized internationally for her research on teaching and educator preparation, school redesign, and educational equity, Dr Linda Darling-Hammond has taken an active role in carrying this knowledge into the policy arena to expand educational opportunities at scale, especially for students who have been most underserved.
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
One of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation, Professor Carol S. Dweck is recognized for her work on the importance of mindsets.
Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Professor Usha Goswami is a world-leading researcher in the fields of literacy, neuroscience, and education. Her research has identified the importance of children’s awareness of linguistic rhythm patterns for their reading acquisition, and has also revealed the brain basis of rhythm perception, showing how this neural process is impaired in developmental dyslexia.
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution of Stanford University
A recognized leader in the economic analysis of education issues, Professor Eric Hanushek and his research have had broad influence on education policies in both developed and developing countries.
Chairman of the Department of Statistics, Northwestern University
Chairman of the Department of Statistics, Northwestern University
Professor Larry Hedges is one of the most influential applied statisticians in the world. His work in educational policy allows policymakers, educators and the general public to see the evidence for “what works” in the field of education, and makes it possible to take a scientific approach to improving education for future generations.
Chair of the Executive, CAMFED
Chair of the Executive, CAMFED
Ms Lucy Lake is the Chair of the Global Executive of CAMFED and has pioneered strategies to increase school retention and learning among marginalized girls, benefitting over six million young people.
Chief Executive Officer, CAMFED
Chief Executive Officer, CAMFED
Ms Angeline Murimirwa is CAMFED's Chief Executive Officer. She is uniquely positioned to bring the expertise of young women once excluded from education to inform policy and strategy at every level.
Professor of Physics & Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Professor of Physics & Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Professor Carl Wieman is a pioneer of the use of new pedagogies in STEM education on college-level science teaching. His work has transformed the way STEM education is taught in major universities around the world.
Founder, New Education Initiative (NEI)
Founder, New Education Initiative (NEI)
Professor Yongxin Zhu’s New Education Initiative (NEI) puts reading, writing, and communication at the center of a collaborative approach to education that empowers teachers and transforms how students and families live and learn.
