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Learning by Candlelight
Picture of the week “This photo is of refugee children reading and writing in Gaza. Gaza suffers from severe fuel and electricity shortages resulting in 12-hour-blackouts each day. The children, undeterred, read by candlelight.” This picture and essay were submitted to the 2012 Reading … Read more »
Learning Must Happen by Design
Achieving global consensus on learning metrics This is a joint blog post by Dzingai Mutumbuka and Maribel Soliván The inspiring documentary film, Girl Rising, tells the personal experiences of nine young women in different countries who have overcome extraordinary challenges in their … Read more »
Should Private Schools Support Disadvantaged Children?
Indian law requires private schools to reserve 25% of enrollment for marginalized students This blog post was originally published in Oxfam's From Poverty to Power Blog This summer, India missed the historic deadline to implement the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, … Read more »
GPE Launches Open Data Project to Better Measure Education Progress and Make it Transparent
New data webpages for 29 countries with thousands of education data points Only few insiders know that the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is gathering vast amounts of data and education indicators from dozens of GPE developing-country partners. There are thousands of precious data points … Read more »
Reading Helps You Think
Picture of the week “In Ollantaytambo in Peru, children learn that reading inspires and motivates them to pursue their own interests, passions and dedications.” This picture and essay were submitted to the 2012 Reading Changed My Life Contest by Nelson Sosa from Argentina. Take a look at … Read more »
Do You Need a Room to Learn?
USAID’s commitment to closing the gap on the Education MDG Developing countries have succeeded in reducing the number out-of-school primary-aged children by 37 million since 1999. However, progress towards universal access has stagnated, and more than 61 million primary-aged children still remain … Read more »
Family = Support to Children’s Education
Family members are key in helping children to learn and succeed In the Dominican Republic, Odalis (on the left in this photo) learned to read when she was 8 years old. She lived with her grandparents who did not know how to read. With her cousins, she would try to read the book "Nacho". They … Read more »