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For the first time in history, we have 70 years of research at our fingertips that shows the impact of education—as well as modelling...

Education transforms and saves lives. So it’s all the more devastating that education has been hit so hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. One billion...

Watch the playback of ‘Homeroom with Sal’, where our Council of Luminaries talked about the exciting potential for online learning and how it can...

Listen to the playback where Carol, Vicky and Salman talked about the post-pandemic classroom and the evolving role of the teacher.

We’ve published a new report with the OECD to help educators and policymakers better understand growth mindset: what it is, what impact it can...

The pandemic unquestionably challenged the education world during 2020. In spite of the difficulties, however, there are reasons to be optimistic.

January 24 is International Education Day. This year, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO and its partners, will celebrate this auspicious...

At the Yidan Prize Foundation, we brought together our Council of Luminaries for the same reasons behind our prize: to find those ideas, draw...

This year’s Yidan Prize Awards Presentation Ceremony and Summit was successfully held virtually on 7 December.

We are delighted to announce the 2020 laureates of the Yidan Prize after a five-month judging process by our independent judging committee.