The case for education is understood. Businesses know they need educated workforces. They know that they thrive when they successfully recruit young people with skills relevant to creating business value and productivity.
Similarly, education is popular among philanthropists because they appreciate its value to societal cohesion and economic growth, with several organizations that back education now becoming household names.
Yet with just five years remaining to achieve the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goal 4 in education, we face a stark reality: Business and philanthropy networks hold untapped potential to drive systemic change, yet remain critically undersupported.