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By Hank Healey |
Some thoughts on scaling up and sustaining early grade reading programs
Much donor effort has gone into developing evidence-based early grade reading (EGR) programs. Now donors are striving to scale them up. RTI has been exploring these issues with support from USAID…
By Lee Nordstrum |
Making international educational systems work better- Lessons we can learn from Improvement Science
Put simply, education development can be described as work dedicated to the incremental betterment of learners’ experience with and success in educational systems in lower-income settings. It is…
By Sarah Pouezevara |
MOOCs and Online Education for International Educational Development [a retrospective]
The world of online learning—and the prevailing wisdom within it—changes rapidly. This is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that within two years, global commentary moved from “the year of the…
By Matthew Jukes |
Text message support to teachers in Kenya improves teaching, learning and keeps children in school
This is a cross post with Innovations for Poverty Action's blog":  Reposted with permission.The Health and Literacy Intervention (HALI) project replaced expensive in-person coaching with text…
By Lee Nordstrum |
To improve quality in education, reconsider true definition of 'good teacher'
This article was originally posted on the Global Partnership for Education website. In recent years, there has been substantial progress in access to schooling in many countries across the world…
By Alison Pflepsen |
Planning for Language Use in Education: Best Practices and Practical Steps for Improving Learning
This post was originally published in the World Education Blog of the Global Education Monitoring Report. Reposted with permission.Imagine a classroom in which a teacher is required to teach in a…
By Timothy Slade |
Liberia: How to Coach Teachers to Become Successful Reading Instructors
Lessons learned from USAID’s Liberia Teacher Training ProgramAs we shared in our first post in September 2013, many Liberian teachers who have entered the profession since the outset of the civil war…
By Sarah Pouezevara |
The eWaste of Development: What are the consequences of new technologies on the environment, and how can we act responsibly, starting now?
Image: Matthew Burpee (2006). Licensed under Creative Commons 2.0, via Flickr. Some rights reserved.  This commentary piece is a cross-posting from the original version published in Education…