November 15th, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland. Fundacion Escuela Nueva (FEN) received the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize, a prestigious recognition granted every two years by the Jacobs Jacobs Foundation from Switzerland to honor nonprofit organizations, companies, and social enterprises that have achieved outstanding results through innovative and evidence-based solutions to enhance child development and learning.…
November 12th, 2024, Helsinki – Finland. The Finnish non-profit organization HundrED has -once again- recognized the Fundacion Escuela Nueva Volvamos a la Gente (FEN) as one of the 12 most innovative, impactful, and scalable educational projects worldwide. The distinction was announced today during the launch ceremony of HundrED's Global Collection 2025. This year, the Hall…
July 4th, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland. FEN has been named a top 10 finalist for the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize, an award given every other year by the Jacobs Foundation to non-profits, businesses, and social ventures worldwide that have achieved outstanding accomplishments with innovative solutions that -based on evidence obtained from high-quality and rigorously…
January 29th, 2024, Bogota – Colombia. IN MEMORIAM. Today, we want to remember our great friend Ernesto Schiefelbein Fuenzalida (1934-2024). Ernesto was not only a distinguished Chilean economist and academic, recognized for his significant contributions to the educational field, but he was also a pioneer in ENA research. Ernesto was one of the first allies…
November 14th, 2023, Helsinki – Finland. The Finnish non-profit organization HundrED has -once again- recognized FEN as one of the 11 most innovative, impactful, and scalable educational projects worldwide over the past five years. The recognition was recently announced during their Global Collection 2024 launch event. HundrED maintained the Hall of Fame category, created in…
March 14th 2023, Doha – Qatar. More than 800 decision-makers from the global education sector will come together at GEF & WISE at Medellin to discuss building the future of education in Latin America. Jointly organized by the Global Education Forum (GEF) and WISE, the one-day event is the biggest education gathering to be held in Latin America…
October 28th, 2022, Helsinki – Finland. The Finnish non-profit organization HundrED, recognized FEN as one of the eleven educational projects with the greatest impact, sustainability, and scalability in the world over the last five years. This special recognition was announced during the Global Collection 2023 launch event. HundrED created the Hall of Fame´s category to highlight…
November 3rd, 2021, Helsinki – Finland. The Finnish non-profit organization HundrED, recognized FEN as one of the seven educational projects with the greatest impact, sustainability, and scalability in the world of the last five years. This special recognition was announced during the Global Collection 2022 launch event. This year, HundrED created a special category -Hall of Fame- to…
12th May 2021, Bogota – Colombia More than 1.5 billion students and youth in 165 countries have been affected by school closures due to the COVID-19 health crisis. Heeding the call for coordinated and innovative action that creates solutions for students and teachers in these difficult times, FEN recently joined the UNESCO Global Education Coalition.…
7th December 2020, Hong Kong – China During the 2020 Yidan Award Summit, held yesterday in Hong Kong, was announced the establishment of the Council of Luminaries. It gathers 16 highly accomplished educational researchers and innovators to foster collaboration and drive education progress globally. Vicky Colbert (executive director of FEN) is part of the Council along with a…