Business & Economy

Companies are complaining about the skills gap. Here’s how we get closer to solving it. (Huffington Post)

Jan 4, 2017 | In the Media

Companies are complaining about the skills gap. Here’s how we get closer to solving it. (Huffington Post)

For most of us, the traditional notion of the “American Dream” – and what it symbolizes in countries around the world – begins with hard work and education and leads to opportunity and a flourishing future. However, in our ever-evolving global economy, the opportunities my generation had are so much more elusive for today’s college-age students and young professionals, many of whom are saddled with debt and ill-equipped to launch careers to set themselves up for a successful future.

An Education Giving Pledge to achieve the learning generation

Nov 29, 2016 | Updates

An Education Giving Pledge to achieve the learning generation

The Education Commission’s vision calls for substantially increased resources from all actors to achieve the Learning Generation. The most important financiers of education are domestic governments responsible for funding 97% of the Commission’s projected $3 trillion...
Education for all is not possible without employers

Oct 4, 2016 | Updates

Education for all is not possible without employers

Leila Toplic, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at LRNG We live in a time of learning abundance, with more access to knowledge and technological innovation than ever before. Yet we are confronted by incredible inequality because learning in the 21st...