New Initiative In India Is Mobilizing Communities to Improve Children’s Learning, but Will It Work?
Every year, hundreds of thousands of volunteers in South Asia and East Africa walk many miles...
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The GMR is now the GEM Report: Global Education Monitoring Report
It is now officially ‘post-2015’ and a new set of international goals and targets are in...
Many East African kids attend school – but not enough are actually learning
Much has been written about the failings of primary education systems in East Africa. Teachers...
‘Asering’ education
SINCE 2008 the Annual State of Education Report (Aser) has emerged as an annual exercise which...
The Gifts We Received in 2015
As people around here headed out the door for a week of vacation filled with family, friends,...
Realizing Human Potential through Better Use of Assessment and Data in Education
To identify talent and foster success across society, assessment science and practice along...
Should Your Next-Door Neighbor Assess Your Daughter’s Reading Skills?
With a per capita income of less than USD 1,500 and a population of 1.25 billion, India runs...
A day in village Amriti, Malda – Lakhon mein Ek campaign in the ground
Imran Nadab an energetic young boy no more than 8 years of age, clad in shorts and dirty...
‘Teaching at the right level’: Solutions for low learning levels in India
At least half of all children in India have not acquired basic literacy and arithmetic skills...
New Education Policy: An opportunity not to be lost
There are now various assessments to measure learning levels, and much debate around what...
Sibs, schools or sorting: What drives educational inequality in East Africa?
Sam Jones will present his research that identifies the unique contributions of siblings,...
Whose Learning Should be Prioritized?
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) are a set of all-encompassing goals promising to...