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

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Children outside classrooms of a school in Honduras.
Systems Strengthening

Resource Roundup: Seven Ways to Strengthen Systems for Literacy Outcomes

USAID’s vision is a world where partner country education systems enable all children and youth to acquire the education and skills needed to be productive members of society.
September 19, 2023
Resource dissemination is a tool in the fight against extreme poverty. In rural Cambodia, there is very little distribution of printed materials, which makes it hard to spread key knowledge and insight. By providing people with more information and better education, they can begin to pull themselves out of extreme poverty.
Reading & Literacy

Resources to Foster Literacy

Every year, the global community comes together to celebrate International Literacy Day on September 8. Literacy for all is fundamental to learning, paving the way for access to inclusive education.
September 15, 2023
A Haitian schoolgirl uses the light from a solar-powered LED to read at night.
Reading & Literacy
April 21, 2023

Resource Roundup: Nine Resources to Promote Books, Reading, Literacy, and Indigenous Languages

This resource roundup includes selections that recognize the importance of books, reading, as well as resources reflecting this year’s theme.
Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces
Reading & Literacy
August 10, 2022

USAID Celebrates International Literacy Day 2022

This year’s theme is, Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces: Building resilience and ensuring quality, equitable, and inclusive education for all.
Syrian Teacher Teaching Children to Read in Jordan
Disability Inclusive Education
May 10, 2022

What We’re Learning in Social and Emotional Learning

This series is intended for Education Officers in USAID partner countries and implementing partners who are designing and managing new activities, evaluations, and/or research efforts.
Afghanistan- Early Grade Reading students at Amir Ali Shir Nawayee Girls School, Herat
Reading & Literacy
October 31, 2019

Ideas and Recommendations from the Reading Comprehension Interest Group

The Reading Comprehension Interest Group of the Global Reading Network has spent the last year discussing how to ensure children understand what they read. Group meetings focused on teaching reading comprehension strategies and a range of topics including language factors, materials development, social-emotional learning connections, and assessment, which demonstrate how complex it can be to help children read with understanding.
Reading & Literacy
April 11, 2019

Workshop Focuses on Leveraging Technology to Scale Early Grade Reading in Africa

Aristarick Lyimo, Training and Curriculum Development Specialist for Reading within Reach, represented REACH at a workshop in Pretoria, South Africa, organized by All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development. Attendees included Africa USAID Missions and representatives of Ministries of Education in Africa.
Reading & Literacy
April 1, 2019

Book Dash: Flooding South Africa with Books

A fundamental requirement in raising literacy levels is the availability of enough appropriate reading material that is affordable and of a high quality. Quality here refers to material that is culturally relevant and available in local languages. However, in South Africa, books are expensive and families prioritize necessities like food and clothing over books. Our vision is for every child to own one hundred books by the time they turn five.
Reading & Literacy
March 29, 2019

Transforming Perspectives and Capacity for Change Through Education and Research

Northern Education Initiative Plus is a USAID-funded education project being implemented by Creative Associates International and is focused on increasing access to education and improving early grade reading skills for children in northern Nigeria.
Reading & Literacy
March 29, 2018

Enabling Writers Workshop Program Bridges Book Gap

New books, written and illustrated for first and second graders in their native Hausa language, will soon reach thousands of Nigerian school children and positively impact their learning to read.