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COVID's impact on education and its long-term geopolitical consequences: Gerald Butts
COVID Impact on Education & Geopolitical Consequences | Gerald Butts | Global Stage | GZERO Media

COVID's impact on education and its long-term geopolitical consequences: Gerald Butts

It's not just kids spending too much time on their screens because they got so used to doing everything remotely during the pandemic.

The impact of COVID-related educational disruption - and the growing inequality gap - could have big geopolitical fallout in the future. Why?

Because with diminished education comes fewer economic opportunities. That will likely exacerbate already deep divisions, says Eurasia Group Vice Chairman Gerald Butts.

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Post-COVID burnout for students is real, says US teachers union exec
Post-COVID Burnout For Students Is Real, Says US Teachers Union Exec | Global Stage | GZERO Media

Post-COVID burnout for students is real, says US teachers union exec

It's hard to overstate how awful the pandemic was for children in America.

American Federation of Teachers Executive VP Evelyn DeJesus recalls how bad it got in New York City, where kids experienced the fear of their parents, who in turn worried about how COVID disrupted life and schooling for their children.

It's not about in-person vs. remote learning. There's no substitute for the former.

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Stanford President Marc-Tessier Lavigne: The future of in-person college learning
Stanford President Marc-Tessier Lavigne: The Future of In-person College Learning | GZERO World

Stanford President Marc-Tessier Lavigne: The future of in-person college learning

"I think that we can make education much more accessible while still highlighting the value of an in-person Stanford education" Stanford University president Marc Tessier Lavigne told Ian Bremmer. It will be the job of administrators, says Tessier-Lavigne, to determine how best to apply the "highs" of remote learning to a post-pandemic learning experience.

Watch this GZERO World episode.

The global disruption in the education sector
Ian Explains: The Global Disruption in the Education Sector | GZERO World

The global disruption in the education sector

This week, Ian Bremmer looks at how one affluent community in Chile sounded the alarm on in-person education in the COVID age long before the American academic school year started up this fall.

Watch the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer episode, Stanford's president: College in the COVID age

Stanford's president on the “new normal” for higher education after COVID
Stanford's President on The “New Normal” for Higher Education after COVID | GZERO World

Stanford's president on the “new normal” for higher education after COVID

Certain adjustments that universities across the country made because of the pandemic may very well be here to stay. A vast expansion of the use of telehealth, says Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavine, may be one of those things. And even once students can come back to campus, certain remote learning programs may be here to stay. That said, there's no replacing the in-person experience, Tessier-Lavigne stresses.

Three steps to get remote & hybrid learning right
Three Steps to Get Remote & Hybrid Learning Right | Business In :60 | GZERO Media

Three steps to get remote & hybrid learning right

Kevin Sneader, global managing partner for McKinsey & Company, provides perspective on how corporate business leaders think in response to the coronavirus crisis:

How do we get remote and hybrid learning right?

For many, this is the back to school season. But this year's preparations are fraught with added anxiety as educators, public health officials, and parents try to balance the need to reduce the spread of the virus with a desire to get students into more productive learning environments. For many students, a full time return to the classroom will not be safe for some time. It's important to understand three lessons in order to get remote and hybrid learning right.

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