Rebecca Winthrop is a senior fellow and co-director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. Her research focuses on education globally, with special attention to the skills young people need to thrive in work, life, and as constructive citizens. She advises governments, international institutions, foundations, civil society organizations, and corporations on education issues. Winthrop has authored numerous articles, reports, books, and book chapters, including most recently Leapfrogging Inequality: Remaking Education to Help Young People Thrive with Adam Barton and Eileen McGivney. Her work has been featured in the BBC, Newsweek, Time Ideas, NPR, Economist, and The Financial Times, among others.Rebecca joins us to discuss Brooking's new taskforce assembled to guide the next generation of community schools in the US, the scale of the learning loss in the US, building back better, and much more.Listen to the full episode for a special section featuring Global Education Editor of the Financial Times, Andrew Jack, discuss the key outcomes of the discussion. Timestamps: Read Brooking's Report on the next generation of Community Schools: https://brook.gs/3l7kx4PSubscribe to the Financial Times: ft.com/educationFollow Rebecca Winthrop: twitter.com/RebeccaWinthropFollow Andrew Jack: twitter.com/AJack-------------------------------------------------Check out more from WISE and send us your thoughts!If you enjoyed this episode, would you consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It really helps out the show and we would greatly appreciate it. Website: wise-qatar.orgTwitter: twitter.com/WISE_TweetsInstagram: @wiseqatarFacebook: facebook.com/wiseqatar/Linkedin: bit.ly/2JKThYf