Raya Bidshahri
Raya Bidshahri is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of School of Humanity, an award-winning online high school where we learn by having a positive impact on the world. She has been featured by the BBC as one of the 100 most influential and inspiring women globally.
Her mission is to reinvent global education systems in order to better serve humanity.
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Raya Bidshahri
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Raya Bidshahri is a serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and award-winning educator. She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of School of Humanity, an online high school that offers a personalized curriculum centered around global challenges. Raya collaborates with public and private education providers globally to develop education systems that better serve the needs of today’s world.
School of Humanity is an award-winning online high school where learners develop their knowledge and skills by having a positive impact on the world. Licensed in the United States, the school is internationally accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges. School of Humanity replaces exams with real-world projects and offers an interdisciplinary curriculum. With learners and alumni from over 30 countries across 5 continents, it is designed to be the High School for the World.
Originally from Iran, Raya grew up in Dubai and completed her degree in Neuroscience at Boston University. She then decided to pursue her mission of reimagining education.
Raya has spoken at more than 60 conferences in over 15 countries, including COP28, the World Government Summit, Expo 2020, EduTech Asia, the G20/Y20 Summit, the Global Education Forum, and the GESS Summit. She has been sharing her expertise as a keynote speaker for over 14 years, bringing a much-needed forward-looking perspective to discussions about the future of education.
Raya was the main award winner for the Next Generation Foresight Practioner’s Award, organized by the School of International Futures. Featured by the BBC as one of the most influential and inspiring women globally, Raya is a global thought leader on the future of education.
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Redesigning Education Systems: A.I. & Sustainability
We are experiencing the intersection of two megatrends: the rise of artificial intelligence and an emerging climate emergency. But what will these trends mean for how we educate the next generation? In this talk, we’ll explore how we can develop an A.I.-proof curriculum that can contribute to the flourishing of people and the planet.
Schools in the Year 2100
What will schools look like in the year 2100? What will the first school on Mars look like? How will genetic engineering impact the capabilities we need? What if we need to prepare our children for a climate catastrophe? Let’s explore scenarios for the future of humanity, and how we will need to reimagine our curriculum to prepare the next generation for a world of uncertainty.
Beyond Silos: Interdisciplinary Education
Most of us have been taught to think and learn in subjects and disciplines, but what if we didn't? after all, it takes an interdisciplinary perspective to tackle most local and global challenges. in this talk, we'll examine how connecting the dots across disciplines can help us progress as individuals, organizations, and societies.
From Exams To Real-World Projects
What if learning was not incentivized by test scores and exams, but rather by a desire to better the world? in this talk, we examine the power of challenge-based learning and how it ignites curiosity and empowers learners to become agents of meaningful impact. we’ll look at real examples of schools and universities that have set aside exams for more meaningful incentives of learning.
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