Learning what matters in Jordan: Bridging the literacy crisis through a holistic approach to skills development.
Jordan – Jordan faces significant challenges in improving literacy and broader student skills due to crowded classrooms, limited teacher preparation, and weak community involvement. The study highlights the need to better align curriculum, teaching, and assessment while actively engaging students, families, and communities to make reforms effective.
Learning what matters in Mexico: Context and communication as essential levers of transformation in Nuevo León.
This article explains how education reform in Nuevo León depends heavily on understanding local conditions and clearly communicating goals. It shows that reforms work better when teachers, school leaders, and communities understand why changes are happening and feel included in the process.
Learning what matters in Kenya: Exploring the shift from the 8-4-4 system to competency-based education
Kenya’s education system struggles to help students gain basic and practical skills, even with high enrollment. The article argues that real improvement requires better coordination between curriculum, teaching, assessment, and support for teachers.
Learning what matters in Mexico: Context and communication as essential levers of transformation in Nuevo León.
This piece explains that education reform involves both visible changes (like new policies or curricula) and invisible ones (like beliefs, incentives, and relationships). Ignoring the less visible factors often causes reforms to fail.
Why Africa urgently requires transformation of its education systems
The authors argue that many African education systems are not preparing young people for real life and work. They call for deep system-wide change instead of small fixes, focusing on learning quality, equity, and relevant skills.
The power of local and community-led agendas to sustainably transform education systems in Africa
This piece highlights how education reforms are more sustainable when communities help lead them. Local ownership helps ensure reforms match real needs and continue even when funding or leadership changes.
Uniting for education systems transformation so children and young people can build skills that matter
This article argues that education reform requires collaboration across sectors and institutions. It emphasizes shared responsibility so children and young people can gain skills that matter for life and work.
Uniting for education systems transformation so children and young people can build skills that matter
This article argues that education reform requires collaboration across sectors and institutions. It emphasizes shared responsibility so children and young people can gain skills that matter for life and work.
Actors in alignment: System transformation and deep articulations in education
This article shows that education reform works best when governments, schools, teachers, communities, and partners work toward the same goals. When these groups are not aligned, reforms are often slow or ineffective.
Are education systems delivering on their promise?
The authors question whether current education systems are actually helping children learn useful skills. They conclude that many systems focus too much on schooling access and too little on real learning outcomes.
Measuring SDG 4: Experiences from designing and implementing an international citizen-led assessment in Africa
This book chapter draws lessons from countries in the Global South on how to include disadvantaged children in education. It highlights practical strategies that help close learning gaps.
Measuring SDG 4: Experiences from designing and implementing an international citizen-led assessment in Africa
This book chapter draws lessons from countries in the Global South on how to include disadvantaged children in education. It highlights practical strategies that help close learning gaps.
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