A new guidebook commissioned jointly by All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) and Digital Learning for Development (DL4D) outlines key principles for developing digital games for developing countries. The Guide to Developing Digital Games for Early Grade Literacy in Developing Countries...
The U.S. Library of Congress invites organizations committed to the advancement of literacy to apply for the 2018 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. Created and supported by philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, the Literacy Awards Program is...
UNESCO estimates that between 93 and 150 million children live with disabilities worldwide, and 90% of children with disabilities in the developing world are out of school. Furthermore, those who are enrolled in school often do not receive an education adapted to their specific needs. With that in mind, more efforts are needed...
Reminder: Today marks the deadline for submitting expressions of interest to provide consultancy services for a Certificate Course in Specialized Reading Instruction for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission. Working in close collaboration with the OECS Commission and others, the...
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission invites qualified institutions/consulting firms to submit expressions of interest to provide consultancy services for a Certificate Course in Specialized Reading Instruction. Working in close collaboration with the OECS Commission and others, the consultant will...
Progress has stalled in providing education for all young people worldwide, according to a new fact sheet from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Three years after the adoption of Sustainable Development Goal 4...
The University of Massachusetts Amherst offers a graduate certificate program in early grade reading designed for those implementing reading programs in low-income country contexts. The program includes five fully online courses for practitioners and policymakers engaged in improving early...
The Education Quality & Learning for All (EQUAL) Global Network has announced its second round of Requests for Proposals (RFP) for seed grants to fund scholars in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East/North Africa. Applicants must be a citizen of a country in either of those two regions and an early career scholar who...
The UNESCO-Fazheng Project on Best Practices in Mobile Learning is designed to seek evidence-based school-level mobile learning practices to inform policy makers and practitioners about the lessons learned on planning and implementing school-wide mobile learning programs. It is aimed at promoting effective school-wide...
Continuing the celebration of International Mother Language Day, the Global Reading Network invites you to join us on Wednesday, March 7, from 9:00-10:00 AM EST for a webinar exploring language issues within the context of early grade reading programs. The webinar, titled “Language Policy, Planning and Practice in Early Grade...
