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Employers: Help Your Workers Reduce Stress With Financial Wellness Education

Business and Tech

The survey also suggests that the strain can be alleviated through financial education, as 79% said they would feel less stressed if they were further educated on topics such as student loan repayment, debt repayment, understanding investment options, and smart money management. Why is this important to you as an employer?

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3 education innovations to watch in 2024 (hint: it’s not just about skills and AI)

Christensen Institute

Despite these growing proof points, efforts to improve education lean on mental models, theories of change, and investment strategies that routinely ignore the social side of opportunity. I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.”

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Failure - learning or leavening?

Jeffrey Phillips

Then the educational system does all it can to reinforce norms and standards, which is important if you are cracking the genome or building a bridge, but limits creativity and innovation. Most learning is based on trying and failing and having the willingness to try again and to learn.

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How four market-creating innovations are improving education and employment in Brazil

Christensen Institute

In our recently published paper titled Leveraging Market-Creating Innovations to Solve Brazil’s Education Paradox , we describe how Brazil currently spends more money on education than its Latin American peers, however much of the outcome of its education system is subpar to theirs in comparison. Thankfully there is hope.

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Webinar: Leveraging market-creating innovations to solve Brazil’s Education Paradox.

Christensen Institute

Brazil spends a disproportionate amount on education relative to its Latin American peers, yet the country’s education outcome is subpar in comparison. We call this mismatch Brazil’s Education Paradox. Thankfully, education-focused market-creating innovations are spreading across Brazil and improving learning outcomes.

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5 education innovation trends worth watching in 2023

Christensen Institute

2022 marked a confusing year in the world of education innovation. Together, these made many “new” approaches to education feel too overwhelming to even entertain. Together, these made many “new” approaches to education feel too overwhelming to even entertain. This presents a huge learning opportunity for the field.

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Which new developments in K–12 education will prove disruptive?

Christensen Institute

This is an interesting time to be involved in K–12 education. It’s a challenging time, for sure, given the learning loss, mental health crisis, and educator burnout that have come in the aftermath of COVID-19. Or will we be looking back in a decade or two astounded by how much K–12 education has been completely transformed?