31. Empowering Youth in a Changing World w/Diana Baranga (UpstartED Part 1)

No one knows what the future will look like, so UpstartED is taking the lead to teach students key skills to innovate, adapt and thrive in a changing world! We're joined by the incredible UpstartED CEO Diana Baranga, and discuss all things like:

• Educational privilege and problems of inequity


• the essential mindsets necessary to succeed in the future


• Youth Explore and other UpstartED programs currently in action

and much more 

Episode Timeline

3:47 - What the future will look like + Key skills to prepare for it

7:27 - how UpstartED teaches youth how to succeed for the future

8:38 - Design Thinking

12:18 - UpstartED's Youth Explore program

16:47 - Educational privilege + equity

20:07 - Pedagogy principles in UpstartED

22:27 - Teaching the skill of teamwork

25:57 - UpstartED's philosophy on failure

Find the cool stuff UpstartED's doing here!

https://www.upstarted.org/

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