My children are in public school in France. Last week at WISE @ Paris I learned that "French students spend 2/3 of their time taking notes. 70% of students have not worked in a group until they are 15 years old." (Yann Algan, Sciences Po). This confirmed my own impressions, and added to my parental angst about how to prepare my children for an uncertain future. However, it wasn't all bad news.
The Teach classroom observation tool – launched by the World Bank last week is a great initiative. Let’s collaborate to test and improve it.
In this blog originally published on RTI's Insights, Amber Gove and Michael French make the case for greater integration of donor efforts in early childhood development.
Development practitioners must identify—and donors must support—long-term, country-owned, sustainable platforms that combine literacy, dewormging, and other early childhood development issues.
This post was written by Kalab Yakii, program field assistant in Arua district, and Tracy Brunette, RTI.
The USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program implemented by RTI has developed a system for getting school and community level information to program technical teams quickly. Last week, a story came through the usual weekly reports that needed to be shared.
A Simple Innovation
