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This Technical Brief highlights the role that School Mother's Associations have played in strengthening both women's roles in Benin communities as well as the education of girls across Benin. The Brief maps out the beginning of the initiative in 36 pilot villages and the scale-up of the mother's associations–known as Association des Mères d’Elèves (AMEs)…
This brochure highlights the early grade reading approach of the USAID-funded Aprender a Ler (Learn to Read) project. The pamphlet provides and overview of the program, highlights lessons learned and best practices and provides some of the programs successes in improving oral reading fluency among third grade students, and the scaled-up of the initiative, which…
Since ConnectEd began in April 2011 the program has reached 22,575 youth. Over that time, 3,556 volunteer placements have been filled by Alcatel-Lucent employees. The aim of ConnectEd is to help the most disadvantaged youth in Australia, Brazil, China, India and Indonesia to achieve better learning outcomes, have skills that will make them better prepared…
This infographic highlights the approach that World Education is taking with the Technology for Education Systems Transformation (TEST) data management system for early grade reading assessment data in Cambodia. World Education, 2015.
This pamphlet highlights World Education's Youth on the Move project, a regional initiative aiming to reduce the vulnerability of youth who are potential migrants as well as migrant youth to trafficking, exploitation, and abuse through improved learning outcomes, life skills, and knowledge about safe migration. Between 2010 and 2015, World Education's Youth on the Move…
This presentation highlights the successes of the Mozambique early grade reading (EGR) program called Apprender a Ler. The USAID-funded initiative examines World Education's approach to teacher training and instructional changes that are helping children in grades 2 and 3 in Mozambique to learn to read more effectively. Presented at CIES conference, 2015.
As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Change Agent, we turn our attention to—what else—celebrations! In this issue, students write about everything from private rituals to family- and community-based holidays, parties, graduations, commemorations, feasts, and fêtes. A special treat for this issue is the gorgeous cover art “Juneteenth on Oak Bluffs” and “Jubilee” on…
Since 2011, World Education and the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation have worked in partnership to improve the lives of disadvantaged youth. ConnectEd uses a wide range of interventions to reach these goals, but a key driver in moving forward is the use of technology. The ConnectEd program has provided access to information and communication technology (ICT) to…
ConnectEd has supported 22,575 youth primarily in secondary education across five countries. For the first time, the highest performing ConnectEd students in Indonesia have the opportunity to attend university. Through the generous support of the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, ConnectEd is now providing scholarships covering university tuition fees, medical insurance, books, and other expenses for 21 ConnectEd…
This info graphic shows three of the core components of the Accessing Information for Migration and Safety (AIMS) project: the website, with learning modules on safe migration practices; the interactive voice response system; and the peer-educator training events, which prepared youth to be resources on safe migration for their communities.