We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
Careful listening, aligning to government-identified priorities, building on existing systems and strengths, and establishing trust… these exemplify critical shifts in reimagining development assistance, and are the pillars undergirding a longstanding, highly successful partnership among the Government of Zimbabwe, World Education Bantwana, and development donors. This case study documents how World Education's Bantwana Initiative worked with,…
Behavior is at the core of our mission to achieve better education and social development outcomes for all. World Education’s Behavior Initiative integrates behavioral thinking into everything we do. Moving beyond conventional approaches, we combine social, ecological, and behavioral applied sciences with innovations from marketing, design, tech, and other sectors, to help people improve their…
In Ghana, formal education is taught in English from grade 3 onwards, but many girls have limited exposure to English in their past schooling and daily lives. Their English language literacy skills are low, with the majority of students struggling to pronounce basic letter sounds, let alone comprehend grade-level text. World Education in collaboration with…
Young people already know what type of education they need to protect the future of our planet. They are demanding an education that allows them to “understand and take better action on climate change and to help reconsider the human place within nature, through whole-school approaches.” Throughout our history, World Education has approached education holistically…
The Transforming Immigrant Digital Equity (TIDE) project at World Education was born out of a critical need to engage and educate service providers and policymakers in three overlapping spaces: adult English language learning, digital equity and inclusion, and immigrant inclusion. Over the past two years, TIDE has designed and piloted an ecosystem model for equitable…
This book is part of the USAID Vamos Ler and SABER programs implemented in Mozambique. Supplementary readers have been developed in three local languages (Echuwabo, Elomwe and Emakhuwa) and in Portuguese. Teachers use the books to read out to their students, building listening comprehension, critical thinking skills and to teach new vocabulary. When students are…
Egypt has made strides in improving access to education for children and adults, driven by Government of Egypt efforts and successful partnerships between government, donors, and NGOs. However, there are still large numbers of children who are out of school, particularly in rural Egypt. It is under this context that USAID/Literate Village program was launched…
Research shows that the impact of family literacy and intergenerational learning activities is significant. Children benefit through increased time with parents, improved language skills, increased interest in books, and increased enjoyment of reading. Parents benefit by gaining increased self-esteem, confidence, literacy competence, parental efficacy, and interest in their own education and better understanding of the…
Transforming Data into Action describes the accomplishments, findings and impacts of College Success for Single Mothers and the eight participating colleges. College Success for Single Mothers was a three-year project led by World Education's National College Transition Network (NCTN) in partnership with PERG Learning and Achieving the DREAM. The goal of the project was to…
This two pager offers a high level overview of the impact of the Google Read Along pilot conducted in Ghana from May to August 2023. There are significant improvements in literacy proficiency among the girls who participated in the pilot. Compared to a control group with similar characteristics, girls in the treatment group outperformed their…
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