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Read guidance, learning summaries, evidence trends, and country reflections from USAID and its partners.

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Youth Citizen Journalism Training in Zanzibar
Information and Communication Technology

Can Online Civic Education Promote Democratic Values in New Democracies?

Democracies thrive when citizens believe in democracy as the best form of government, when they believe in democratic values such as political trust and tolerance, and when they feel empowered to engage with the political system.

March 6, 2023
Lessons Learned from a Decade of Early Grade Reading Programs
Reading & Literacy

Lessons Learned from a Decade of Early Grade Reading Programs

The Ten Years of Early Grade Reading Programming: A Retrospective report provides an unique opportunity to reflect on the progress made and the challenges that remain in USAID’s efforts to contribute to the goal that ALL children can read.
February 16, 2023
Lebanon
Education in Crisis and Conflict
November 5, 2021

Resilience in Return to Learning

Each of the case studies examines, describes, and analyzes the specific localized processes and decision-making of education system stakeholders from March 2020 to April 2021.
Photo: Girls take exams in refurbished school
Education in Crisis and Conflict
September 17, 2020

Understanding Lebanon’s Deepening Education Crisis

The new Lebanon Education in Emergencies Data Snapshot documents the overall educational situation for refugees and factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic that bear on education provision in Lebanon.
Information and Communication Technology
June 17, 2020

Cognitive Overloading or Continuity of Learning?

Pakistan is doing its part to ensure continuity of learning through various means, like developing instructional videos for public television. These videos not only respond to the current crisis but also serve as a valuable resource for future needs.
Information and Communication Technology
April 29, 2020

Virtual Learning During Pandemic Increases Access to Education in Morocco

Over 1.5 billion children and youth around the world have been affected by school closures due to COVID-19. Morocco was prepared for virtual learning, in part thanks to two USAID-funded projects.
Photo: Primary 1 students practice reading with their Kinyarwanda textbooks during a Kinyarwanda Reading Camp 2019, Burera District.
Disability Inclusive Education
April 14, 2020

The Case for Practical Techniques for Inclusive Classrooms: Experiences from Rwanda and Tajikistan

Classroom teachers, principals, and specialists are embracing an understanding that they do not need to wait for diagnosis or identification of a child’s disability to teach responsively. And, they are putting that understanding to work.
Photo: Students line up for morning activities at Khawla Bint Tha’laba Primary Girls School, located in Sweileh, Jordan.
Education in Crisis and Conflict
January 31, 2020

Improving Measurement Reliability For Child Learning and Wellbeing in Crisis Contexts: The MENAT Measurement Library

As the very first effort of its kind, The MENAT Measurement Library curates a collection of measures that supports researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to generate quality evidence on children’s holistic learning and well-being outcomes.
Photo: A group of youth members using digital content as a part of the digital intervention
Information and Communication Technology
January 17, 2020

Three Ps of ICT4E: Principles, Partnerships, and Programs

USAID’s engagement in ICT4E dates back to the use of radio in the 1970s. The Agency’s commitment to ICT4E has only grown stronger with time and investments in the Internet, wireless networks, television, and mobile technologies.
Asmae Mani, Career Counselor; Yassine Ouaàllou, Youth Ambassador
Youth Workforce Development
April 24, 2019

How Morocco’s Career Center is Preparing Young People for an Ever-Changing Job Market

In Morocco, it’s often the more educated people that are most likely to be un- or under-employed. In fact, the unemployment rate among those with degrees is 17.1%.