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WISE Words Podcast: WISE@Accra Special Episode
Understand the crucial role of the community in ensuring quality and access to education –narrated by Sarah Fayyad.

WISE Words
Nov 20, 2018

How Should Schools Incorporate Happiness Into Curricula?
Is it possible for K-12 schools to dedicate teaching time specifically to address happiness and well being?

WISE Original
Dec 11, 2018

How AI Can Alter Artistic Experiences
The simple resemblance to human figures is no longer enough in a Wax Museum. The statues now can also act like humans.

El País
Dec 10, 2018

The Battle for Open Access to Research
The goal of science, after all, is to disseminate knowledge, not keep it sequestered.

LA Times
Dec 07, 2018

What College Professors Need to Know About Learning
Research into learning science allows us to better value how fundamental teaching and learning are to being human.

EdSurge
Dec 07, 2018

Value Professors on Their Teaching, Not Citations
Dutch universities want to make it easier for academics to become professors on the basis of their teaching record, a shift away from relying on journal impact factors.

Inside Higher Ed
Dec 07, 2018

How the Future of Work Impacts Colleges
"If students could take a year or two of school, get a job, and then return to school a few years later, the education system would offer true life-long learning..."

PBS
Dec 06, 2018

Making Immigration Relevant in Class
Immigration is a topical subject, one that straddles history and social studies, but also current events.

Education Dive
Dec 05, 2018

Are Language and Gender Discrimination Interconnected?
In many languages the masculine gender dominates the feminine. How well does that reflect general gender patterns accross societies?

El País
Dec 02, 2018

The Power of a Teacher
It's easy to get stuck in a maze of school reforms or become enamored with the latest edtech trend. We can lose sight of what really matters—the relationship between teachers and students.

EdSurge
Dec 01, 2018

Competition Only Stifles the Spread of Ideas
How can higher education create a healthy working culture?

The Guardian
Nov 29, 2018

Moving Abroad for School Helped Me Move Back
2017 WISE Prize winner, Dr Patrick Awuah, shares how studying abroad was key to moving back to his home country to start Ashesi University.

Quartz
Nov 28, 2018

The Benefits of Teacher-led Innovation
“We know that in order to reimagine what education looks like for our kids, we have got to have the most amazing people at every level.”

Hechinger Report
Nov 29, 2018

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Stanford Social Innovation Review
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WISE Words Podcast: Navigating Media with Yalda Hakim

Yalda Hakim and Stavros Yiannouka discuss identity and the importance of media literacy.

WISE Words
Mar 20, 2018

Special Focus: Imagine a Learning Environment Where…

Speakers at WISE@NY share what their ideal learning environments look like.

WISE Words
Sep 17, 2018