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In the three years since USAID launched the Transforming Teacher Education Activity in Zambia, Florida State University, STS, and the University of Zambia have worked with the Zambian Ministry of Education to strengthen the capacity of teacher training institutions. As part of the objective to standardize, align, and link practical, evidence-based, pre-service teacher training andRead more

STS welcomes Amani Nicolas as a guest author to today’s post.  I recently had the privilege of attending the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) annual conference virtually. CIES is a prominent organization dedicated to educators who have a keen interest in exploring education systems worldwide. Participating in this conference provided an excellent platform toRead more

One of STS’s goal for activities in Tanzania in 2023 is to generate evidence of the effectiveness of the Whole Child Model—our claim that if children receive adequate education, health, and community support, they will thrive in school. To make this claim, we need to know two things: How well are students learning? How doRead more

“Mmeweza!” This is a Swahili word commonly said to me by teachers in the six schools where STS is implementing the Whole Child Model. The phrase means, “you have done it.” Hearing these words brings me great encouragement and confidence that the WCM activities we implement in these schools are impacting the learning of childrenRead more

Mark Hoffman, an STS board member, and his wife, recently traveled to Tanzania and visited our focus school in Engorika. STS sat down with him to hear his thoughts about the school and our future work with the Whole Child Model in Tanzania.Read more

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), literature about factors influencing the relationship between attendance and gender gaps in educational achievement is sparse. Yet, in a recent article in Social Sciences & Humanities Open, STS’s Anne Laesecke and Fernanda Gándara are adding new research to the canon.Read more

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