Learning

India, like other low-income countries, has had challenges in educating its poorest populations and children in rural areas. For the last three decades, India's largest education NGO, the Pratham Education Foundation, has been working to alleviate this situation.

While an urgency exists to provide all children with access to books so they can develop literacy skills and a love for reading, a balance must be struck between quantity, speed and cost on one hand and quality on the other.

This blog provides an overview of the importance of exposure to sign languages for children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) and offers guidelines for teachers and parents on how to read aloud to DHH children. 

Nonfiction has a distinct importance in reading education, in supporting student comprehension, for making school relevant and for empowering learners in developing country contexts.

Hear the voices, ideas and research of three reading program implementers who are focused on coaching as one method of sustainability.

Assessment of reading and writing in the early grades is essential—but not to enforce any single view or to put unnecessary pressure on young children or their teachers.