USAID Global Reading Network
USAID Global Reading Network
The USAID Global Reading Network (GRN) is a community built by and for its members—dedicated to connecting basic education stakeholders to the ideas, evidence, practices, and people that can help them improve their work and make an impact in their communities.
The GRN’s overarching goal is to support quality learning outcomes across the continuum of basic education, including pre-primary through primary and youth levels.
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The GRN’s overarching goal is to support quality learning outcomes across the continuum of basic education, including pre-primary through primary and youth levels.
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The Urgent Need to Focus on Foundational Skills
By the time the pandemic will be over, learning poverty will most probably rise by at least 10 percent as the impacts of school closures, lost learning hours, and increased dropout rates take their toll.
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Exchanging Ideas to Grow Remedial Education Programs
A Global Reading Network (GRN) networking event fostered thought, collaboration, and momentum on scaling remedial education programming.
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Explore the GRN 2023-2024 priorities. The GRN is one of three learning networks managed by USAID’s Leading Through Learning Global Platform (LTLGP), a global education learning system for USAID and partners to enhance thought leadership and education program quality.
Other LTLGP learning networks include the Education in Crisis and Conflict Network (ECCN) and the Higher Education Learning Network (HELN), as well as a regional hub in Latin America and the Caribbean and chapters in Africa.
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