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- Begin With Books
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2014/15 Prize
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2015/16 Prize
- Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
- EduApp4Syria Prize
- Enabling Writers Prize
- Grant Competition 2011
- Grant Competition 2014
- Leaders for Literacy
- No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
- Ready2Read Challenge
- Sign On For Literacy Prize
- Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
- Tracking & Tracing Books Prize
- UnrestrICTed Challenge
… results.
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Postponed: USAID’s Universal Design for Learning Workshop
Learn evidence-based techniques to improve literacy skills for children with disabilities in low-resource contexts. - Blog // January 29, 2020
Adapting open source solutions to unlock literacy for more children
All Children Reading’s investment in open source Arabic literacy app yields dozens of translations by nonprofit Curious Learning. - Past webinar //
Adapting Open Source Solutions to Unlock Literacy for More Children
Learn from the ACR GCD and Curious Learning how to select and adapt open source literacy apps to improve child literacy in low-resource contexts. - Blog // January 27, 2020
Sign On For Literacy winners advance inclusive education for deaf children around the globe
Innovations provide sign language access to deaf children in Kenya, Rwanda, the Philippines and Nicaragua. - Blog // December 12, 2019
9 lessons for designing EdTech innovations for early grade literacy
As a spotter and innovation catalyst in education technology to improve child literacy in developing countries, All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) is on the front lines - Blog // November 12, 2019
Michigan State University students use Bloom Software to turn local folktales into early grade books
Initiative results in early grade books in 14 languages for children in Benin. - Past webinar //
Books for Every Child
Edtech company Asafeer and the Global Digital Library share how to use, adapt and translate 100 STEM-focused eBooks in Arabic and English funded by ACR GCD to other languages or contexts. - Blog // November 5, 2019
A new model for solving the book gap in underserved languages
ACR GCD prize winner Asafeer shares innovative publishing model that could inspire Begin With Books proposals and other efforts to create books for children in languages they use and understand. - ACR GCD in the News // October 14, 2019
Apply Now: $900,000 for Early Reader Digital Books in Local Languages
The Begin with Books prize competition challenges global innovators to assemble cost-effective packages of high quality, accessible digital books for beginning readers. - Blog // October 10, 2019
All Children Reading Grand Challenge casts new vision for advancing edtech to improve child literacy around the globe
Event includes launch of Begin With Books prize to source books in 30+ underserved languages. - Blog // October 8, 2019
On World Sight Day, 6 lessons for literacy projects for children with print disabilities
Lessons from three ACR GCD projects provide meaningful insights for future literacy projects focused on children with print disabilities. - Conference //
EdTech Open
Join the All Children Reading Grand Challenge as we celebrate past achievements and share our vision for our new round of programming. - Blog // September 3, 2019
Imagine learning to read without a book. That’s the reality for millions of children around the world.
Books are essential for children to become literate, and research shows they experience greater reading success when learning in their local spoken or signed language. - Past webinar //
Adapting EGRA to Include Sign Language
ACR GCD shares lessons learned about the adaptation, language subtasks development, and administration of the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) to enable assessment of sign language users. - Blog // June 3, 2019
Why schools are only part of the solution for effective global education
This Global Day of Parents, All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development spotlights four projects engaging families and communities in child literacy. - ACR GCD in the News // March 7, 2019
Big Ideas: A global competition to find edtech solutions to help all children learn to read
ACR GCD Project Director Deborah Backus is interviewed as part of a series on “Big Ideas That Might Change The World In The Next Few Years." Save the Children
Supporting families in using SIL’s Bloom Reader app to gain access to Department of Education curriculum books in local spoken and signed languages.Competition
UnrestrICTed Challenge
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Ready2Read Challenge Infographic
Read a brief overview of the Ready2Read Challenge and how you can get involved.- Blog // May 29, 2019
ACR GCD innovator Benetech advances as finalist for $10 million award to scale accessible reading platform
ACR GCD funding of Bookshare India project helps position edtech company for Macquarie Group award. World Education. Inc.
Developing a framework for integrating accessible ICTs into government guidelines and training instruction, and expanding teacher professional development.Competition
UnrestrICTed Challenge
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