Learning

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

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Students at Maadi STEM School for Girls in Cairo
Gender and Education

Six Resources to Advance Gender Equality in and through Education

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl, and though there has been tremendous progress toward equality and inclusion worldwide, significant work remains.
October 5, 2022
Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces
Reading & Literacy

USAID Celebrates International Literacy Day

This year’s theme is, Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces: Building resilience and ensuring quality, equitable, and inclusive education for all.
August 10, 2022
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.
One of Safeplan Uganda’s beneficiaries makes chapati and sells it. She's been using the business and communication skills she's learned through Safeplan Uganda to improve her business and income.
Youth Workforce Development
November 13, 2019

Lessons Learned for Effective Youth-Led Programming from Kenya and Uganda

While some youth report struggling in leadership roles due to a perceived lack of experience, SafePlan Uganda and KCEO are showing that programs led by youth are successful not in spite of their leadership but because of it.
U.S.-Egypt Higher Education Initiative Launch
Higher Education
November 8, 2019

Five Primary Types of USAID-Funded Higher Education Activities FY 2014-2018

USAID commissioned the Higher Education Landscape Analysis (HELA) to take stock of the depth of its HE programming across sectors and regions. The HELA found that during fiscal years 2014-2018, USAID implemented five primary activity types.
Student Mentoring Session
Higher Education
November 8, 2019

USAID’s Higher Education Portfolio: Where Do We Go From Here?

Here are five recommendations the Higher Education Landscape Analysis team made to USAID taking into account the lessons learned, challenges, and gaps the review identified. 
Annet, the Executive Director of Safeplan Uganda.
Youth Workforce Development
November 7, 2019

Young Women Transform Prize Recipients in Kenya and Uganda Tackle Unemployment with a Holistic Approach

USAID visited two Young Women Transform Prize grant recipients to gain insight into what methods produced the best outcomes and collect lessons learned about how other organizations might incorporate youth-led approaches in their program design.
A young Haitian boy raises his hand in class.
Reading & Literacy
October 11, 2019

Lessons Learned for Host Country Engagement in a Rapidly Changing World: Haiti’s Story

We recently spoke with Tamara Jacques, an Education Program Advisor in Haiti, about the challenges that Haiti faces at the governmental level as well as within their education system.
A peer educator at Ruthimitu Mixed Secondary School talks to fellow students.
Youth Workforce Development
August 26, 2019

Fundamentals of Positive Youth Development

Why does USAID use a Positive Youth Development approach, and how can education practitioners integrate PYD into their programs?
Saffa Girls School
Youth Workforce Development
July 9, 2019

Why Youth Skills? And Why Measure Them?

The UN’s World Youth Skills Day, observed this year on July 15, raises awareness of the importance of developing youth’s skills.