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The CrowdED Learning initiative began in 2017 as a startup nonprofit organization with the mission to increase awareness and use of open education resources (OER) within adult education. Merged into the EdTech Center in September 2020, it now serves as our core OER initiative and continues this mission through ongoing implementation and testing of products…
We are an international technical assistance (TA) partner supporting a local Mozambiquan NGO, ComuSanas, which has received direct USAID funding for the first time to implement a five-year (2020-2025), USAID/PEPFAR-funded project, Mwanasana. The initiative is scaling-up evidence-based and innovative strategies for HIV and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response services. World Education's Bantwana Intiative will help strengthen ComuSanas’s systems…
We are an international technical assistance (TA) partner supporting a local Mozambiquan NGO, Associação Nacional para o Desenvolvimento Auto Sustentado (ANDA), which has received direct USAID funding for the first time to implement a five-year (2020-2025), USAID/PEPFAR-funded project, Chenguetai Wana. The initiative is scaling-up evidence-based and innovative strategies for HIV and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response services….
This project worked to increase the amount, quality, and effectiveness of Cambodian students' at-home reading behaviors. By providing book packages for children to use at home, instruction for parents on how to encourage their children to spend time reading, and regular home visits from World Education's trained Book Club Friends, the project learned what is needed…
World Education's Bantwana Initiative complemented EngenderHealth’s Essential GBV Services and Prevention program by focusing on school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) prevention through a multi-sectoral approach using a comprehensive framework that worked at the individual, household, school, and community levels. At the individual level, the program worked to improve girl’s (and boys) self-esteem and sense of self-worth, as well…
The National Immigration Forum's Skills and Opportunity for the New American Workforce initiative provides English language instruction for immigrants working in retail in Houston, Miami, and New York City. Classes are held at retail work sites right before or after shifts to encourage participation. The courses take a blended learning approach with 40% of instruction…
Migrant labor is fundamental to the U.S. economy. However, migrant youth are often invisible and highly mobile. This project was designed to address the needs of those out-of-school migrant youth residing in the New England area who want to earn a high-school equivalency. While New England states work hard to provide quality universal education for…
Networks for Integrating New Americans was an innovative, national initiative that worked to position adult education programs as key contributors to local, multi-sector networks formed to advance immigrant integration. The initiative identified, strengthened, and documented place-based models of immigrant integration to: 1) improve immigrants’ access to effective and innovative English language programs; 2) support immigrants…
Public libraries are effective and welcoming community hubs for lifelong learning, digital inclusion, and economic equity. This project amplifies this role and expands access to adult learning, in partnership with the Providence, Chicago, and Los Angeles public libraries. We documented and disseminated three innovative, technology-enabled practices in place at those partner libraries: Learning Lounges, Mobile…
Saint Lucia’s youth face challenges around increased unemployment, a shortage of opportunities for personal and professional growth, and a greater divide of digital haves and have nots – exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic. In response, World Education, in partnership with Saint Lucia’s Department of Education, Innovation, and Gender Relations (DEIGR), have designed the Saint…