A new article from the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) blog recommends a consultative approach in bringing high-quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) to scale in developing countries. The article discusses GPE’s new Better Learning and Development at Scale (BELDS) initiative, which aims to help improve ECCE...
The Global Reading Network (GRN) and the Central American and Caribbean Early Literacy Network are seeking local reading/literacy researchers from five LAC countries to develop a long-term research proposal and related country-based policy briefs focused on gaps identified by AIR’s LAC Reads Capacity Program...
“Giving the child a world-class education is our aim. In Nigeria, we talk about availability of resources that we have, but our tomorrow is really the Nigerian child. That is why education ought to be our paramount focus.” Mrs. Oludolapo Odunlami, the Proprietress of Rainbow College, Lagos, Nigeria,...
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...
