3 Ways Brands Can Help Shape Future Learning Landscapes

Student support systems vary significantly worldwide, and many schools are struggling to adapt swiftly to challenges. Against the backdrop of this landscape, how can leading brands play a pivotal role in shaping the future of education?

Future Learning Landscapes 2025: Lockdown Learners Five Years On 

The shift to new learning methods during COVID-19 sparked a global rethinking of formal education, inspiring bold ideas to reimagine the classroom. 

Five years later, much of that momentum has faded. Many schools now face renewed and regressed challenges, from declining school readiness and ‘chronic absenteeism’ to widening achievement gaps and growing concerns over student mental health. At the same time, tensions between parents, educators and school systems have deepened amid debates over trust, policy, and responsibility. 

Available to premium Baby & Kids My TrendBible subscribers, our latest Future Learning Landscapes report takes a comprehensive look at the current educational landscape. 

Uncover three key opportunities for brands to drive innovation and shape tomorrow’s learning experiences. 

1. Playful Learning 

Education specialists are fuelling a movement to get parents to prioritise play, in order to improve children’s early years development. Brands are encouraged to support this message by seeking out ways to get families to engage in playful practices that bring joy back into learning. Consider how your brand can use play to positively improve school readiness and early year education. 

2. Empowering Boyhood 

Modern boyhood has become intrinsically linked to anti-social behaviour, declining mental health, loneliness and educational ‘underachievement’, leaving many young people feeling ostracised and ashamed. This crisis of masculinity, as explored in our The Lost Boys series is shaping the educational experiences of boys (and girls). To empower girls and boys, there is a responsibility to not only call out toxic masculinity but tackle it. 

3. Embracing Errors 

Hyper-vigilant parenting involving excessive intervention can impact a child’s ability to learn from their mistakes. This overprotective approach risks preventing children from facing the consequences of their actions, ultimately hindering their opportunity to gain valuable life lessons. Toys and games that allow children to embrace a growth mindset, a theory researched by psychologist, Carol Dweck, allows children to persist and learn from mistakes.  

How can your brand help empower children and young people in their education? 

Available on our Premium Baby & Kids My TrendBible subscription our Future Learning Landscapes 2025: Lockdown Learners Five Years On report explore opportunities to shape future learning experience for preschoolers, children and teens. 

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