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
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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
School-to-School International (STS) is excited to announce a shift in Whole Child Model activities for the 2021 school year. In addition to continuing support of six schools in the Arusha District of Tanzania, STS has designated one school as our “focus school.” In 2021, STS’s Whole Child Model Focus School will be Engorika Primary School,Read more
Next week, members of STS’s staff will join experts and colleagues online for the 60th annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). This year’s conference will focus on “Social Responsibility within Changing Contexts” and is being hosted entirely online from April 25 – May 2, 2021. During that time, STS is excitedRead more
STS remains one of USAID’s largest providers of EGRAs and EGMAs. At the same time, recent work has allowed us to couple our student assessments with qualitative research services to understand the “whys” and “hows” of trends in education.Read more
Earlier this month STS joined with the FHI 360, Juarez and Associates, and RTI International to share our experiences learning and adapting on reading programs during COVID-19.Read more