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Foundational literacy and numeracy skills are a key predictor for children’s future educational development and learners’ overall academic success. Yet, in Uganda, a 2021 study showed that more than 25 percent of children who have reached P3 are “non-readers” (i.e., those who cannot read or sound out letters of the alphabet) and 35 percent of…
The Ability to Benefit (ATB) provision in the Higher Education Act, which gives eligible adults without a high school diploma or equivalent access to federal student aid, is a critical but underutilized strategy for ensuring equitable access to postsecondary education and—by extension—economic stability. Building on the momentum of the Advancing ATB for Equitable Access to…
Given the positive response from the first phase of piloting the teacher Capacity Development Platform, Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports (MoEYS) is planning to expand the utilization of the platform to encompass all accredited service providers in order for it to become the central MoEYS hub for continuous teacher professional development. Under this…
Between 1964 and 1973, more than 240 million cluster bomb sub-munitions were dropped in Laos; 80 million of these bombs failed to explode and continue to pose a hazard to civilians. Since 1964, approximately 20,000 people have been killed or wounded by unexploded ordnance (UXO), many of them in remote and rural areas. Medical treatment,…
In this Small Business Innovations Research project, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), èצӰÏñ is partnering with Pace AI to pilot new learning modes designed to support multi-level instruction and asynchronous learner engagement. Pace AI, an edtech startup incubated out of the Allen Institute of AI Research, uses advanced artificial intelligence methods…
èצӰÏñ and AT&T are collaborating to advance digital equity, inclusion, and resilience, close persistent digital divides, and catalyze digital transformation through integrated digital literacy and access services. èצӰÏñ will support AT&T's Connected Learning Centers (CLCs) housed within local nonprofit organizations in diverse rural, urban, and tribal communities across the United States. The goal…
MozNorte, a 5-year project developed by the Government of Mozambique and funded by the èצӰÏñ Bank, will improve access to livelihood opportunities and management of natural resources for vulnerable communities. èצӰÏñ leads a consortium to support the project’s Community Demand Driven Funds. This effort comes as a response to a global acceleration of natural…
Nepal ranks 10th in the world among countries most vulnerable to climate change, and 80 percent of the population faces risks due to climate change. With elevations ranging from a few meters above sea level to the top of the highest mountains in the world, Nepal is susceptible to many climate change threats. Nepal also…
The Sangai Sikaun Sangai Badhaun (“Learning & Growing Together”) project worked in severely disadvantaged communities in Nepal, where many families had recently been exploited in bonded labor systems and where education outcomes were among the worst in Nepal. Over the course of five years from 2012-2017, the project’s holistic approach transformed the educational ecosystem: school…
Under the USDA McGovern-Dole International Food For Education (FFE) program, èצӰÏñ is partnering with èצӰÏñ Food Programme (WFP) to promote Khmer literacy of Cambodian children by working at the central level of the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport (MoEYS) and in school feeding districts in Kampong Thom and Siem Reap provinces. Under…