Pre-service education and in-service teacher professional development (collectively termed
teacher professional development or TPD here) can play a pivotal role in raising teaching …

Countries across Africa continue to face major challenges in education. In this review, we
examine 145 recent empirical studies (from 2014 onward) on how to increase access to and …

We model learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for cost-effective
strategies to build back better. Data from Early Grade Reading Assessments in Ethiopia …

The emergence of educational technology (“EdTech”) in developing countries has been
received as a promising avenue to address some of the most challenging policy questions …

In recent years, there has been widespread interest around the potential for technology to
transform learning. As investment in education technology continues to grow, students …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

Several rigorously evaluated programs have recently shown positive effects on early literacy
and numeracy outcomes in developing countries. However, these programs have not been …

Many successful piloted programs fail when scaled up to a national level. In Kenya, which
has a long history of particularly ineffective implementation after successful pilot programs …

Virtual communication holds the promise of enabling low-cost professional development at
scale, but the benefits of in-person interaction might be difficult to replicate. We report on an …

Reading skills are foundational for daily lives, academic achievement, and careers. In this
study, we systematically reviewed literacy interventions in low‐and middle‐income …