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Meet the Top 10 shortlisted schools for 2026
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Roshen Lakeview Academy, an independent kindergarten, primary and junior secondary school in Port Victoria, Bukoma, Bunyala Sub County, Busia County, Kenya, is changing realities and restoring dignity and belief in education for highly vulnerable learners through a philosophy that is grounded in the belief that every young person, regardless of background, deserves the opportunity to learn and thrive.
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Khan World School @ ASU Prep, a fully remote online school serving students in grades 6-12 in Tempe, Arizona, USA, is redefining what rigorous online learning can look like by building a model where flexibility is paired with mastery, accountability and unusually strong human connection.
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Centro Educacional Primeiro Mundo, an independent kindergarten, primary and secondary school in Brazil, has become a driving force for educational access by becoming an educational hub in the middle of the Amazon for young people growing up in the severely isolated region, connecting them to the same academic, scientific, and technological opportunities typically associated with major urban centres.
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Leila C. Saad SABIS® School El-Metn, a kindergarten, primary and secondary tuition-free independent school in El-Metn, Lebanon, is rewriting the futures of disadvantaged students by delivering elite-level learning in a country shaped by prolonged economic collapse, political instability, conflict, and deep educational inequality, giving every child, everywhere, a chance to rise above their circumstances.
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Escola Kalipana, a public Indigenous school led by Baniwa teachers and families on their remote land in Brazil’s northwestern Amazon, is championing intercultural ecosystemic education by providing students with a learning experience deeply rooted in territory, environmental stewardship, ancestral knowledge and communal strength, shaping the curriculum around the Káali agricultural system.
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Learnlife, an independent primary and secondary school in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, is challenging the deeply embedded assumption in modern education that young people learn best when their learning is tightly controlled, monitored and standardised.