FEN receives the 2024 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Award

September 16th, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland.

Fundacion Escuela Nueva (FEN) was announced today as one of the three awarded organizations with the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize, a prestigious recognition granted every two years by the Jacobs Foundation 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.

Imagine Worldwide, operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Laboratório de Educação (LABEDU) in Brazil are the other two organizations honored. The awardees were selected through a rigorous evaluation process based on criteria such as impact, effectiveness, sustainability, and the strength of evidence drawn from high-quality research methods. After a thorough review, the jury shortlisted 10 finalists and, from those, chose the three awardee organizations.

“We are humbled and thrilled with this remarkable recognition! Receiving this prize renews our commitment towards effectiveness and equity in education and gives us hope for greater things to come for many children,” said Vicky Colbert, Executive Director of FEN.

This recognition highlights our commitment to quality education. It also confirms the positive impact that our work has had on the lives of thousands of children and young people through a new educational paradigm based on cooperative, personalized, and participatory learning. It also reaffirms our work to improve the quality, relevance, and efficiency of education in rural and urban communities in Colombia and other countries.

The award will be presented later this year at a special ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, where laureates and finalists will participate in a co-creation workshop to exchange knowledge and ideas on advancing learning. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to collaborate and develop proposals for new educational projects.

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