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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
Team Sayari presenters.
Information and Communication Technology
August 16, 2023

The Team Sayari Partnership: Mixing Global and Local for Success

The partners’ goal is to create an educational children's TV program about the environment and conservation that also includes outreach activities through schools, youth groups, communities, and conservation hubs.
Students in Rwanda playing at school with lettered blocks that are also helping them learn to spell
Education Finance
August 4, 2023

3 Ways USAID is Partnering with the Private Sector to Advance Education

Investments in education serve as a foundation and driver for a country’s broader economic and social development.
Taking on Tech: How Women in El Salvador are Leading in ICT International #GirlsinICT Day
Gender and Education
April 19, 2023

Taking on Tech: How Women in El Salvador are Leading in ICT International #GirlsinICT Day

In this story, we learn about one young woman’s journey toward fulfilling her desire for a career in information and communications technology (ICT).
Youth Citizen Journalism Training in Zanzibar
Information and Communication Technology
March 6, 2023

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.

Creative Associates for All Children Reading
Information and Communication Technology
May 16, 2022

CIES 2022: Spotlight on Distance Learning

The 2022 Comparative & International Education Society Conference brought together researchers, analysts, practitioners, and students in the field of international education to explore a wide range of educational issues.
The Asia Foundation
Information and Communication Technology
September 2, 2021

How ACR GCD Innovators Using EdTech Adjusted to COVID-19 — and What Lies Ahead

Five winners of All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development awards share how their literacy work continues during the pandemic.
Woman sits on bed writing in book listening to radio
Reading & Literacy
August 11, 2020

Delivering Distance Learning in Emergencies

Distance learning is teaching and learning where educators and learners are in different physical spaces.
Photo: Phone with online education tool displayed.
Information and Communication Technology
July 15, 2020

5 Digital Education Strategies for Reaching Students Online and Offline

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the world in March 2020, education moved online. Implementing successful digital education strategies became paramount.