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Open.Ed

Engage in an ever-evolving dialogue about the topics transforming global education.

Bringing together Avenues leaders and the world’s foremost experts in education, Open.Ed is a global thought leadership series addressing key issues facing students, parents and educators today — with an eye toward their impact on the world of tomorrow. Through Open.Ed, we consider the world into which today’s students will graduate through the lenses of adolescent development, parenting and pedagogy.

Open.Ed events are hosted both virtually and in-person across Avenues’ global network of campuses, including New York, São Paulo, Shenzhen and Silicon Valley. We welcome you to join upcoming conversations, review previous topics, and share your feedback to help us shape future events.

Upcoming Events

March

Shenzhen

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Open.Ed | Messaging the Future:

How Long-Term Thinking Can Help Students Navigate an Uncertain Tomorrow

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From nuclear waste warning markers to artifacts on the planet Mars to the Voyager Golden Record, Artist Jon Lomberg has helped design some of the most unusual message artifacts ever made, intended for recipients far off in space and time.

Making Radical Candor Just Work

Whether in the classroom, in the workplace, or in the world at-large, building teams that are capable of collaborating on complex problems requires intention.

In this conversation, New York Times bestselling author Kim Scott will discuss how her innovative Radical Candor and Just Work frameworks — both of which have been adopted by many of Silicon Valley’s leading tech organizations — can be used in service of collaboration and learning.

Meet the Artist Flávio Cerqueira:

A Sculptor of Meanings

A conversation about the transformative power of art in education with Flávio Cerqueira, resident artist at Avenues São Paulo.
A unique opportunity to hear from an award-winning artist about his creative process, sculpting techniques and professional experience

The Architecture of Community:

Building a Connected Future

At Avenues, our mission is to graduate future world-wise leaders equipped to understand and solve global scale problems. We start establishing this foundation and developing empathy at an early age. Listen to our 5th graders’ powerful message of hope and commitment for the future!

My Favorite Failure:

How Setbacks Can Lead to Learning and Growth

In this conversation, the authors of the new book My Favorite Failure: How Setbacks Can Lead to Learning and Growth discuss a new take — how sharing stories of favorite failures at the outset of learning can help students anticipate and productively work through setbacks.

Preparing the Next Generation of Worldwise Leaders

The Importance of Inner Wellbeing

This conversation will focus on the preparation young people need in order to become changemakers who flourish instead of burning out. Dr. Chima will discuss the science of how cultivating inner wellbeing directly affects our ability to sustain social innovation work over the long-term.

Student Wellbeing at the Center:

How to promote mental health, engagement, and balance at school and at home

The Role of Math in Advancing Education:

the Impact of Creativity, Collaboration & Communication on Learning

Join Avenues Silicon Valley's Lower Division Head, Sarina Fierro, and Global Academic Dean for Mathematics, Dr. Carmel Schettino, in conversation with Dr. Dan Meyer, Director of Research at Desmos, about the importance of discourse in math classes.

The war on information:

misinformation, disinformation and what we can do about it

As students, families, and the world at-large grapple with the implications of this war on information, our conversation will also shed light on how we can adapt our thinking and counteract the impact of misinformation in the field of education and beyond.

To Succeed In an Era of Change

What Kind of Talents Are the Top Overseas Universities Looking For?

Join Avenues Shenzhen’s Director of Student Wellbeing and College Counseling Douglas Ray and Senior Advisor Ally Wu, in conversation with representatives from Boston University and the University of Illinois about college admission trends and college counseling. College application is not about results, but about students' holistic growth.