The pandemic has shown that the family has become the main platform for a child's education and upbringing to take place. It turned out that everyone connected with education — parents, teachers, children, specialists, and edupreneurs — had to respond to unprecedented challenges.
In response to global uncertainties, education has to be aligned with family interests. The key mission is to support families around the world on the path to success and well-being by providing them with access to qualitative education.
We encourage the educational ecosystem to focus on the needs of the family, which stem from the mission of the family - to raise a competent individual, a citizen who can create, love and choose.
Signed by:
•Igor Rybakov, Chairman of the Board and Co-founder of the Rybakov Foundation (Russia)
•Ekaterina Rybakova, Founder of the University of Childhood Foundation, President, Council Member and Co-founder of the Rybakov Foundation (Russia)
•Harry A. Patrinos, Practice Manager, World Bank Education (USA)
•Cecilia Vaca Jones, Executive Director, Bernard van Leer Foundation (Netherlands)
•Tutta Larsen, TV and radio host (Russia)
•Wendy Kopp, CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All (USA)
•Mine Cihanoğlu, PhD, Developmental & Clinical Psychologist, Independent Researcher & Trainer (Turkey)
•Sergey Plakhotnikov, Deputy Director for Primary School Development at the New School primary school (Russia)
•Tigran Shmis, Senior Education Specialist of the World Bank (Russia)
•Boris Bulayev, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Educate! (USA)
•Nadia Papudoglo, Journalist, media manager, author of books for parents, editor-in-chief of Mel (Chalk), an online-journal on education and raising children (Russia)
•Lucia Brajkovic, Ph.D., Education Specialist, World Bank Education (Сroatia)
•Katerina Murashova, Family psychologist, writer, author of books for teens (Russia)
•Effie Bachtsevana, Music teacher, author of a pioneering teaching method, global educationist (Greece)
•Denis Barinov, Head of Kaspersky Academy, Kaspersky Lab (Russia)
•Denis Nikolaev, Education Specialist, Education Global Practice, World Bank Education) (Russia)