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Stefanie M. Falconi is a Policy Entrepreneur and Co-founder of Instituto Limite - an organization training the next generation of experts building strategies to respond to climate change. Stefanie is an expert in the field of climate change and is also a special guest in our blog series about the development of #skills21 in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Happy day, teachers! Today, Teacher's Day is celebrated in several Latin American countries. And what better time to recognize their work than during this pandemic, when teachers' work has been highlighted and valued by all of society. The declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic last March has caused impacts in all areas. Education has undoubtedly been one of the most strongly affected sectors, since for the first time, 165 million children and youth in Latin America and the Caribbean have been affected by the total or partial closures of their schools.
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Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Mr. Schleicher is an expert in the field of education and is also a special guest in our blog series about the development of #skills21 in Latin America and the Caribbean. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, so do the risks we face.
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Leslee Udwin is the founder and CEO of Think Equal - a non-profit aim to promote system change in education to end the discriminatory mind set and cycle of violence across the world. Think Equal is member of the 21st Century Skills Coalition joined by different public and private organizations to promote the development of 21st century skills in Latin Americ
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Angela Duckworth, is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the founder and CEO of the education nonprofit Character Lab – a nonprofit whose mission is to advance the science and practice of character development-. She is also the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela has received awards for her contributions to K-12 education, including a Beyond Z Award from the KIPP Foundation.
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No classes, no teachers, no friends, no games, and no daily routine that children are used to. Now all the days seem the same.  The health crisis has significantly changed our day to day. This has been a radical change for all students of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), not only being inside all day long but trying to learn from somewhere other than school. Across the LAC region, primary education coverage is nearly universal which means that almost all children between 6 and 12-years old attend school regularly.