Last week, the Haiti Enabling Writers Workshop project launched with a blended training in Port au Prince. The Enabling Writers initiative is designed to train teams of local writers to produce hundreds of decodable and leveled books reflecting the cultures and languages of the young people who will read them. The initiative...
The deadline for submitting a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an Early Childhood Education and Literacy Study award is 5:00 PM EST, March 3, 2017. Proposals are being solicited by the Reading within Reach (REACH) initiative, in collaboration with USAID and the World Bank. The estimated period...
The Reading within Reach (REACH) initiative, in collaboration with USAID and the World Bank, is pleased to announce the release of an amended Request for Proposals (RFP) for funding to support an Early Childhood Education and Literacy Study. The estimated period of performance for activities under the award...
Although there is no rigid recipe for success, researchers have identified a “secret sauce” of 14 core ingredients that appear to contribute to scaling quality learning, according to a report titled Millions...
Representatives of the world’s nine most populous countries recently signed a declaration promising to cooperate more closely to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. The declaration took place at the end of...
The use of mother tongue languages to facilitate literacy and learning has become an increasingly important topic. Recognizing the need to discuss and learn more about efforts to use children’s familiar languages in school, the Global Reading Network invites you to celebrate...
The Global Reading Network and the overarching Reading Within Reach (REACH) initiative seek a dedicated Research Manager (position filled!).
To help people organize their time at the upcoming Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference in March, the Global Reading Network once again will prepare a conference Passport listing sessions relating to early grade...
How can education systems support peace and reconciliation in fragile settings where there is ethnic and religious diversity? Can education materialsproduced for a linguistically diverse society also carry messages about the need to respect diversity and build social cohesion? This workshop offers one step in that ...
Although International Women’s Day isn’t until March 8, more than 80 celebrities including Natalie Portman, Lady Gaga, Charlize Theron, Robin Wright and Isla Fisher have banded together to sign an open letter that addresses the lack of education available to many girls worldwide. The letter is part of a campaign organized by...
