Yidan Prize
{{Short description|Global education research and development award}}
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| alt = Four gold-coloured medals, two showing obverse, two reverse, dated 2017. The layout of the medal for "Education Development" is mirrored for the "Education research" medal. On the former a person stands looking at a pine tree. On the latter, they sit beneath it.
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| obverse = A human figure and a pine tree growing from a mountain rock, with the words "Yidan Prize"
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The Yidan Prize (/i:dan/) is an annual award founded in 2016 by Chen Yidan for "contributions to education research and development". The prize is financed and governed by a {{currency|2.5 billion|HKD|passthrough=yes}} (about US$320 million) independent trust.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38639891|title=Chinese billionaire offers biggest education prize - BBC|work=BBC News |date=18 January 2017 |access-date=2017-09-22}}{{Cite web|date=2017-12-10|title=Carol Dweck and Vicky Colbert win largest education prize|url=https://ie-today.co.uk/news/carol-dweck-and-vicky-colbert-win-largest-education-prize/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Independent Education Today}}{{Cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chinese-billionaire-seeks-ideas-from-canadian-universities-for-education-prize/article33469746|title=Chinese billionaire seeks ideas from Canadian universities for education prize - The Globe and Mail|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=2 January 2017 |access-date=2017-09-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.mit.edu/2016/yidan-prize-for-education-research-and-development-announced-1031|title=Yidan Prize for Education Research and Education Development announced at MIT - MIT News|website=www.news.mit.edu.com|access-date=2017-09-22}} It is a global, inclusive education award which recognizes changemakers who inspire progress in education for a better world, and has been referred to as the largest education prize on Earth.{{Cite web|last=Newton|first=Derek|title=The Largest Education Prize On Earth|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2020/12/22/yidan-the-largest-education-prize-on-earth/|access-date=2021-09-28|website=Forbes }}
Prizes
File:Yidan Prize Summit 2017.jpg
The Yidan Prizes consist of a gold medal designed by ink-brush artist {{ill|Kan Tai-Keung|qid=Q8976292}},{{cite web |last1= |title=Have you seen the Yidan Prize medals? |url=https://www.instagram.com/yidanprize/reel/CwzQ59Khlcw/ |publisher=Yidan Prize Foundation |access-date=7 May 2025}} a cash prize of {{currency|15 million|HKD|passthrough=yes}} and a project fund of HK$15 million to each of the winners or winning teams, one for education research, the other for education development. It is supported by a US$320 million endowment.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/stanford-professor-wins-inaugural-4-million-yidan-prize|title=Stanford professor wins inaugural $4 million Yidan Prize|date=2017-09-19|work=Times Higher Education|access-date=2017-09-21}} Prizes are awarded at the annual Yidan Prize Awards Presentation Ceremony in conjunction with an education conference.
Adjudication process
Nominations may be submitted by universities, government agencies, and think tanks{{Cite news|date=2017-01-18|title=Chinese billionaire offers biggest education prize|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38639891|access-date=2021-04-19}} and are reviewed by a committee involving Kōichirō Matsuura, Andreas Schleicher and Dorothy Gordon.{{Cite web|date=2016-06-13|title=2030 vision: 5 ways the world's educators must adapt to the new machine age|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/families/article/1974288/2030-vision-5-ways-worlds-educators-must-adapt-new-machine-age|access-date=2021-04-19|website=South China Morning Post}}
Laureates
Two awards are given each year, one for education research, the other for education development.
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= Education Research =
= Education Development =
Worldwide "Educating for the Future" Index
In 2017 the Yidan Prize Foundation released a Worldwide "Educating for the Future" Index{{Cite web|date=2017-10-20|title=Future not so bright in index|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/4/187659/Future-not-so-bright-in-index|website=www.thestandard.com.hk}} (researched by the Economist Intelligence Unit){{Cite web|title=New Zealand is world-leading in preparing students for the future » Education NZ|url=https://enz.govt.nz/news-and-research/ed-news/new-zealand-is-world-leading-in-preparing-students-for-the-future/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=enz.govt.nz}} comparing the education in 35 developed and developing economies (ranking by 16 indicators of education policy, "teaching environment" and "socio-economic environment"),{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2017/10/a_blueprint_for_the_future_of_education_-_the_worldwide_educating_for_the_future_index.html|title=The Worldwide Educating for the Future Index - A Blueprint for Change|newspaper=Education Week|date=24 October 2017 |access-date=2017-10-27 |last1=Holland |first1=Beth }} placing New Zealand and Canada in the top two places.{{Cite web|date=2017-09-19|title=New Zealand 'top in world' for preparing students for future|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-zealand-top-world-preparing-students-future|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en}}
References
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== External links ==
- {{Official website}}
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