DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — LEGO is a children’s toy that’s globally known and loved by many. Less well known is that the corporation that makes and sells LEGOs is 25 percent owned by a foundation — the LEGO Foundation.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given its ownership of a business that touts the educational benefits of its toys, the LEGO Foundation focuses on education. This alignment means the foundation, which has grown to be a major player in the global education space, occasionally faces misperceptions that it’s simply trying to sell more LEGO bricks.
The foundation does have its own LEGO-oriented take on education — touting the importance of “learning through play.” And it’s recently done something unusual in the foundation world: picking up another foundation’s idea and doubling down on it.