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Education Week 2012: Reading Improves with the 5 “Ts”
As part of the USAID Education Strategy, we are focused on improving reading for 100 million primary school students. Read more >>
Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) Plus: Liberia
Submitted by Justin Prud’homme In 2008, at the start of the Early Grade Reading Assessment program, a study was conducted in Liberia to assess the reading fluency of students in grades 2 and 3. The study was conducted in 47 randomly chosen schools throughout the country. What the study showed was that Liberian students in […]
Zimbabwe’s Students Get the Tools to Learn
Zimbabwe’s primary school students will soon be able to get a better education, thanks to an influx of new materials and support provided in part by USAID. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai launched the program on September 8. Zimbabwe’s 5,300 primary schools will receive over 13 million new textbooks, dramatically improving the current situation of one […]
After-School Activity Changes a Student’s Outlook and Plan for Future
Submitted by Elias Alhaddad Lebanon Education Assistance for Development (LEAD) has inspired Malek Haidar to change his plans for the future by providing him the opportunity for after-school activity. Malek, a fourteen-year old student at Zahle Public School, used to skip school and was nearly expelled for poor behavior and attendance. Then he was required […]
The Reading Crisis among the World’s Poorest Schoolchildren
Crossposted from The Brookings Institution. Written by: David Barth, Director of the Office of Education for the United States Agency for International Development, and Rebecca Winthrop, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution Editor’s note: On September 8, the Brookings Institution and International Reading Association co-sponsored an event entitled, “Early Reading: […]
USAID Provides New Schools to Earthquake Affected Communities in Haiti
In Léogâne, the town that was the epicenter of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, you see signs of recovery and life resuming. People have returned to markets to sell their crops and wares, rubble is being removed from key thorough fares, and schools are being rebuilt. On August 25, USAID and the Digicel Foundation […]
Higher Engineering Education Program Announced
Submitted by Richard Nyberg – USAID/Vietnam The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has joined forces with American universities and the private sector in efforts to enhance the quality of engineering education at Vietnam’s top technical universities. In collaboration with the Government of Vietnam, USAID is working with Arizona State University, Portland State University, and Intel […]
The Importance of Mobile Literacy Programs
Anthony Bloome, Education Technology Specialist, for USAID’s Office of Education interviews Sara Chamberlain, Director of Interactive for BBC World Service Trust, and Matthew Kam, Director of Carnegie Mellon’s MILLEE Project about using mobile phones for literacy. This blog follows a USAID-organized International Literacy Day, September 8th, “virtual” conference with Sara and Matt on Using Mobile […]
Water Education for African Youth
John Etgen, Senior Vice President of the Project WET Foundation, wrote a great piece this week for Johns Hopkins University’s Global Water Magazine on the booming youth population and the benefits of educating students about water. Here’s a bit of what he had to say… In the 16 African countries where the Project WET Foundation […]
