Learning by Candlelight
Posted on 24 May 2013 by GPE Secretariat
Picture of the week “This photo is of refugee children reading and writing in Gaza. Gaza suffers from severe fuel and electricity shortages resulting in 12-hour-blackouts each day. The children, undeterred, read by candlelight.” This picture and essay were submitted to the 2012 Reading Changed My Life Contest by Shareef Sarhan from the United States. [...]Read More
Learning Must Happen by Design
Posted on 23 May 2013 by Dzingai Mutumbuka
Achieving global consensus on learning metrics This is a joint blog post by Dzingai Mutumbuka and Maribel Soliván The inspiring documentary film, Girl Rising, tells the personal experiences of nine young women in different countries who have overcome extraordinary challenges in their struggle to go to school. While each of these girls is an exceptional individual, their [...]Read More
Should Private Schools Support Disadvantaged Children?
Posted on 22 May 2013 by Swati Narayan
Indian law requires private schools to reserve 25% of enrollment for marginalized students This blog post was originally published in Oxfam’s From Poverty to Power Blog This summer, India missed the historic deadline to implement the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. This landmark law, the fruit of more than a decade of [...]Read More
GPE Launches Open Data Project to Better Measure Education Progress and Make it Transparent
Posted on 21 May 2013 by Yann Doignon
New data webpages for 29 countries with thousands of education data points Only few insiders know that the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is gathering vast amounts of data and education indicators from dozens of GPE developing-country partners. There are thousands of precious data points representing all aspects of a country’s education sector – unfortunately [...]Read More
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- Women Deliver Conference 2013May 28, 2013 to May 30, 2013
- Numeracy Webinar: From standards to the classroomclose
Numeracy Webinar: From standards to the classroom
June 5, 2013 to June 5, 2013Location: Online 10am EDT / 2pm GMT (other times)
As part of GPE’s ongoing webinar series on numeracy, Linda M. Platas of the University of California Berkeley will present, "From standards to the classroom: Indicators of mathematical competence in early education."
June 5, 2013 to June 5, 2013 - World Day Against Child LabourJune 12, 2013 to June 12, 2013
- International Day of the African ChildJune 16, 2013 to June 16, 2013
- World Refugee DayJune 20, 2013 to June 20, 2013
- Webinar: High Quality Instruction in Math Classesclose
Webinar: High Quality Instruction in Math Classes
July 10, 2013 to July 10, 2013Location: Online (10am EST / 3pm GMT)
As part of GPE’s ongoing webinar series on numeracy,Steve Leinwand from the American Institute for Research will discuss what we know about high quality instruction and need to see in all math classes. The Event will be streamed online via Adobe Connect.
July 10, 2013 to July 10, 2013 - Learning Metrics Task Force MeetingJuly 16, 2013 to July 18, 2013
- 2013 USAID Education SummitAugust 5, 2013 to August 9, 2013