Raya Bidshahri is a global thought leader who works with governments, EdTech companies, investors, and education providers to develop revolutionary education models. She is a serial education entrepreneur, award-winning educator, and keynote speaker. She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the School of Humanity and the Founder of Awecademy. Raya is a Bett Future Education Council member and has been named on the BBC’s list of the Top 100 Most Influential and Inspiring Women. Raya is also the recipient of the Next Generation Foresight Practioner’s Award and a 2019 Bett MEA Award finalist.

Raya joins me today to discuss how we can insert humanity into every aspect of society by revolutionizing education. She reveals the problems with education from the viewpoints of what, how, and where we teach and the bottlenecks we need to overcome from regulation, accreditation, and parents' views of curriculum models. Raya discusses what we should guide young minds to learn, focusing on moral reasoning and transferable skills learned through projects that solve global challenges. She shares what the School of Humanity looks for in its application process and the part-time, full-time, summer, online, and hybrid learning choices.

“There really isn’t learning that is guided by personal development, curiosity, or a desire to better the world.” - Raya Bidshahri

This week on Insert:Human

• Why we need to reinvent education and make it more effective
• How curriculum topics have become outdated and prevent young minds from thriving and contributing to the future of humanity
• The benefits of learning by solving global challenges
• The misalignment of the education establishment’s mission statements and a learning framework focused on learning useless facts and passing tests
• Why we need to teach the skills, mindsets, and values that meet the needs of the evolving workforce and human progress while providing the means to live a meaningful life
• The benefits of the Mastery Transcript learning model and moving focus onto transferable skills that cut through different disciplines
• How learning core literacies through a project-based approach is more effective
• How the School of Humanity facilitates flexible synchronous, asynchronous, and adaptive learning pathways

Connect with Raya Bidshahri:

• Raya Bidshahri’s website
• School of Humanity
• Raya Bidshahri on Instagram
• Raya Bidshahri on Twitter
• Raya Bidshahri on LinkedIn

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