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In 1983, I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English in the Central African Public. Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of working in dozens of African countries, mostly in person. Whether visiting a country for several days or living there for several years, my experiences were richest when I worked side-by-side with myRead more

Last spring, USAID’s 2021 CLA Case Competition reviewed 80 qualifying case studies that explore ways USAID staff and partners use CLA approaches to achieve better development outcomes. This fall, they announced the winners and finalists.Read more

What does it take to educate a child? Worldwide, policymakers tend to have a similar answer. Build schools. Train teachers. Provide materials. Monitor performance.Read more

Limited access to proper care and information about menstruation— “period poverty”—deprives multitudes of girls around with the world of weeks of school each year. In Tanzania, period poverty is believed to be the single largest barrier to girls’ completion of education.1Read more

Imagine you’re teaching the letters of the alphabet to a class of first graders. Some students are learning quickly while others are struggling. Now, imagine that you’re teaching 60 students at a time. Or maybe 100, or even 180. Sound daunting? Teachers in Tanzania are faced with conditions like these every day.Read more

Our field knows that girls across the globe have greater difficulty than boys in accessing quality education. Today’s International Day of the Girl—commemorated with the theme Digital Generation. Our Generation.—highlights the technological gender gap. Girls have more difficulty accessing the internet, using and owning fewer devices, and are less likely to pursue careers in tech.1Read more

Last month, the Transforming Teacher Education activity welcomed two lecturers from the University of Zambia to Florida State University. Agnes Chileshe Chibamba and Sitwe Benson Mkandawire, chosen for their strong research and teaching skills, will spend six months in the sunshine state. During their time, the lecturers will audit primary grade education and research courses,Read more

The occasion of International Literacy Day 2021 and its theme “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide” gives the global community an opportunity to reflect on COVID-19’s impact on our goals of quality education and universal literacy—particularly for those facing intersecting disadvantages, such as girls. The generation of gender-integrated data can play aRead more

Today’s increasingly globalized world demands greater insight into people and cultures across the planet. The International Baccalaureate® (IB) aims to prepare young students to meet this need through programs that foster “critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while also encouraging diversity, global mindedness, curiosity, and a healthy appetite for learning and excellence (learn more on theirRead more