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Countries near consensus on Facility’s final design

Nov 12, 2018 | Updates

Countries near consensus on Facility’s final design

By Liesbet Steer, Director of the Education Commission During the UN General Assembly in September, the UK Secretary of State for International Development challenged countries participating in the Commission’s Make Impossible Possible event to develop a final...
Innovating to learn

Oct 16, 2018 | Updates

Innovating to learn

We are in the midst of a global learning crisis. This is the clear message from recent major reports: According to the World Bank’s 2018 World Development Report on learning, “hundreds of millions of children reach young adulthood without even the most...
Investing in Knowledge Sharing to Advance SDG 4

Sep 24, 2018 | Updates

Investing in Knowledge Sharing to Advance SDG 4

Coauthored by the Center for Global Education at Asia Society, Results for Development, Teach For All, The Boston Consulting Group, and World Innovation Summit for Education “A new paradigm in global development is needed to sustain the progress of the last...
Supporting teachers so they can teach

Jul 30, 2018 | Updates

Supporting teachers so they can teach

‘Number one she makes me listen. And two, you know her being there gives me more space and helps me to prepare… Let’s say if I talk children might not understand and she is able to give me them more feedback. The children are not just hearing one...
From refugee to social entrepreneur

Jun 20, 2018 | Updates

From refugee to social entrepreneur

My earliest memories are of war and atrocities all around me. I became a refugee from the Sudanese civil war and was one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan.” For 13 years I lived in refugee camps along the Sudanese and Ethiopian border. At age 17, I was brought to...