Dean Villet

Tweets on education and youth employment in ZA. Currently Board member: Enlabeler, Valenture. Previously Sweepsouth, Itron, iPay. Don’t panic.

[Dean Villet @deavill]

Change is coming to a sector that has resisted moving on from Industrial age thinking for 200 years. This model combines technology, real-time data, and teacher support to deliver great resulsts at half the cost.

[Michael & Susan Dell Foundation @DellFdn]

How does one teacher keep 100 students focused and engaged? For Jayson-Lee, Apex Education’s approach makes it possible.

By delivering lessons through technology and using real-time data, teachers can focus on personalized support – creating classrooms that deliver quality education, match or exceed traditional outcomes, and do it all at half the cost. 📚

[Dean Villet @deavill]

Incredible generosity. 🫡

[Michael Dell 🇺🇸 @MichaelDell]

$6.25 billion. 25 million children. $250 each.

Susan and I believe the smartest investment we can make is in children. That’s why we’re so excited to contribute $6.25 billion from our charitable funds to help 25 million children start building a strong financial foundation through Invest America. 💪📈🇺🇸

https://t.co/Rua4PBJaEc

[Dean Villet @deavill]

@naval The high costs of good intentions

[Dean Villet @deavill]

@DawieScholtz Over 1600 voted by 4pm. Steady number in the queue

[Dean Villet @deavill]

100%!! And every now and then amongst all the transformed lives something does break through to policy. Worth doing. Every. Single. Day.

[Matt Bateman @mbateman]

If a big lesson of education research is that niche-community-school-with-motivated-educators-and-aligned-parents is excellent but unlikely to generalize to policy, then the follow-up lesson is that you should do things that are excellent but unlikely to generalize to policy

[Dean Villet @deavill]

@paulg You mean most determined parents

[Khaya Dlanga @khayadlanga]

What an absolutely beautiful, kind and classy tribute to Siya Kolisi by Squidge Rugby. This is not only a tribute to Siya but in some ways, a love letter to the Boks and maybe, just maybe, to us as South Africans too.

[Naval @naval]

Go big, because we all go home.

[Dean Villet @deavill]

@stace_d_brewer Amazing! Well done!

[Dean Villet @deavill]

13 years of lost productivity 😭😂#MyTwitterAnniversary

[Dean Villet @deavill]

Educational data, when used correctly, can dramatically improve learner outcomes. Watch below to learn how Data Driven Districts is helping teachers at Sedibeng Primary School in Thembisa, Johannesburg unlock the most potential out of their learners. https://t.co/IzxOQL6ih8

[Dean Villet @deavill]

@DellFdn continues to be a proud supporter of @wethinkcode's efforts to launch youth into tech careers.. now in partnership with TVETs

[WeThinkCode_ @wethinkcode]

Ona Meyer, Programme Manager: Youth Employment at Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (@DellFdn) speaking about the journey walked w/ #WeThinkCode to capacitate SA youth with work readiness skills. The Dell Foundation is co-funding the pilot & conducting research for a case study.

[Adam J. Smith @adamjsmith]

@paulg One of the hardest lessons to learn for a smart kid is that school is easy because it’s catered to the middle of the bell curve, but life is hard because all the rewards are in the long tail.

[Dean Villet @deavill]

Crypto owl is a thing

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This red-eyed owl looks extremely weird, but is 100% real. It is an albino

[read more: https://t.co/0EWnsp6rp9]
[📹 black star Houssem]

[Dean Villet @deavill]

Yes, it is that windy in CT

[ISS Above @ISSAboveYou]

Good afternoon people of Cape Town, South Africa. This is you from 427km above - captured live from the @Space_Station at 1:42 PM SAST today.
Jan 19, 2023
@CityofCT @lovecapetown @SABCNews

[Dean Villet @deavill]

@YearBeyond has opened doors to hundreds of new work opportunities in #SouthAfrica through volunteerism. Read how a 10-month program sets young people up to work, earn, and thrive. https://t.co/9ollEI3ZfN

[Todd Jones 🦊 @toddrjones]

This #Thanksgiving, I #givethanks for the many ways the world has improved.

Child mortality has fallen. Life expectancy has risen. Countries have gotten richer. Women have gotten more education. Basic water source usage has risen. Basic sanitation has risen. Data from @Gapminder

[Dean Villet @deavill]

SA has almost the same size carbon footprint as India- which has 20x the population 🤯

[Daniel Moser @_dmoser]

Cool carbon footprint graphic 🔥🔥👇

[Dean Villet @deavill]

Great work by our @DellFdn partner @Enlabeler in bridging an important gap: South African young adults who need to earn a wage, and companies who need to fill data annotator roles. Learn how: https://t.co/JxtIJUVr44

[Dean Villet @deavill]

“You can’t memorise your way out of poverty” 👏👏👏

[Emefa Apawu @EmefaApawu1]

Well said Sir ⁦@yoadutwum⁩