On September 7, 2012, the Global Partnership for Education, USAID, and Brookings-sponsored “All Children Reading” Event brought together leaders and celebrities speaking about how literacy must be elevated on the world stage.

Here is a selection of their presentations:

Plenary: Literacy & Learning: Ground Realities, Achievements, Globally and Taking Programs to Scale

• Introductory Presentation by Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Download file
• Country Presentation by Shahinaz Eldesouki Abdelhady Turk - Egypt Under Secretary for Basic Education, Ministry of Education. Download file

Deep Dive Breakout #1: School – Based Reading Programs that Work:  Results from the Field

• What Randomized Control Trials Can (and Can't) Tell Us: Evidence From Reading Trials in Egypt and Liberia by Amber Gove, Team Leader, Teaching and Learning, Research Triangle Institute. Download file
• Leveraging NGO Support to Promote Sustainable Literacy Systems by Cory Heyman, Chief Program Officer, Room to Read. Download file
• Laying a Solid Foundation: Teaching Kom Children in their Own Language by Paul S. Frank, PhD, Executive Director, SIL LEAD. Download file
• Retrofit and Rapid Scale Up of Reading Programs by Diane Prouty,Senior Associate and Reading Practitioner, Creative Associates International. Download file