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In this first phase of the Boston DigLit Initiative, World Education led twenty-five Boston Adult Literacy Initiative member programs through a comprehensive needs assessment and action planning process. This process was supported by both individualized and cohort-based coaching and professional development, and each program made substantial progress in recognizing and addressing gaps in their approach…
In partnership with AT&T, World Education is working to increase the impact of established Connected Learning Centers by integrating digital navigator services within five cities across the nation. The team will start by identifying the needs of each community and leverage expertise in digital inclusion to co-design digital navigator services in: Dallas, TX Detroit, MI Los…
The Census Ambassador Trainings prepared adult students to support others to fill out the census, especially in hard-to-count communities where the effect of not being counted can have devastating effects on community access to healthcare, education, jobs, and essential services. We developed materials designed to teach basic skills in the context of information about the census—why…
Building on the success and learnings of the pilot project, national scale-up of English Now! learning circles focuses on fostering peer learning for English Language Learners (ELLs). The project will open access to English learning for 250 ELLs at 10 sites in CA, DC, MD, PA, and TX through low-cost learning circles that combine learning…
Strengthening entrepreneurship and small business growth is essential to the Government of Lao PDRs plan to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2020. While women play a pivotal role in driving social transformation and economic development, many women in the country lack access to capital, networks, and skills-training. World Education has launched a…
There is limited information available for landmine survivors, persons with disabilities, and stakeholders working on issues of victim assistance and disability in Myanmar. This activity will address that issue. World Education will translate, print, and distribute a service provider directory in Kayah State, a location affected by decades of conflict and contaminated with landmines. Government…
The Promoting Victim Assistance and Disability Engagement and Advocacy – Phase 2 project aimed to address the limited state-level coordination among groups involved in victim assistance and disability issues, and the limited capacity of landmine survivors and persons with disabilities to advocate for and participate in decision making processes and built upon Phase 1 of…
Since 2012, World Education has worked closely with the Government of Myanmar and civil society to provide direct assistance to landmine survivors, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and their families in Southeast Myanmar. World Education's work included establishing disability self-help groups, providing livelihoods support, and initiating and facilitating quarterly victim assistance (VA) and disability working group…
Kayah State is located on the eastern border of Myanmar and like many states in eastern Myanmar was involved in decades of armed conflict. This left all seven townships contaminated with landmines and other explosive ordinance. Despite the 2012 ceasefire between the government and some non-state actors, landmines are still utilized on both sides resulting…
World Education is updating the Massachusetts (MA) ESOL Standards for Adult Education to align them more fully with the national College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education and English Language Proficiency Standards. This revision will enable ESOL instructors and others to be guided by one integrated standards document and to provide more consistent programming…
World Education strives to build lasting relationships with partners across diverse geographic regions and technical sectors to produce better education outcomes for all.
