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Blog // December 12, 20199 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 // October 8, 2019On 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.
Blog // June 3, 2019Why 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.
Blog // May 29, 2019ACR 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.
Blog // April 29, 2019ACR GCD talks gaming, digital books in underserved languages, and scaling at CIES 2019
ACR GCD shared presentations on our innovative solutions for gaming for literacy, digital books in underserved languages, and scaling edtech for literacy at CIES2019.
Remote learning when it is really remote
Internet access is ubiquitous—except where it isn't. However, even in places where electricity or Internet connectivity are spotty, new e-learning innovations can help people get an education.
6 Ways Education Technology Projects Can Improve Children’s Literacy
Families and communities have a tremendous role to play in improving educational and reading outcomes for children around the globe.
The Transformative Power of Literacy for Children with Visual Disabilities
In a first grade classroom in the Philippines, Ma’am Jen, a teacher to students who are blind or low vision, sets a newly printed braille book she created in front of nine-year-old student Alexa.
Pop Quiz: What Does It Really Cost to Run an ICT for Education Program?
As part of USAID’s Education Strategy and its goal of improved reading skills for 100 million children in primary grades, USAID mission staff wanted to know what it might cost to take an evidence...
Blog // April 2, 2018The Book Desert: Authors, publishers and innovators have key role in solving global literacy challenge
This crisis, dubbed the “book desert,” was the focus of our panel discussion at the International Children’s Book Fair in Bologna, Italy.
Blog // February 20, 2018International Mother Language Day: ACR GCD Reflects on Progress, Challenges for Global Literacy
As the world marks International Mother Language Day, ACR GCD celebrates the progress made and champions the need for acceleration to support books, resources, and training in every language.
The Story Of Fatima Maghzaz, Teacher
My name is Fatima Maghzaz, and I am a teacher at the Fatima Timouria School in the city of Berrchid, Morocco. I currently have ten deaf students in my class of various ages.
Seeking Solutions from the Unusual Suspects
Imagine you are the first in your family to graduate from college and get a job in a big city. Everyone is proud of you. But when you come home to visit your family...
Q&A Series #2: When Women Do Better, Countries Do Better
Meet a woman entrepreneur who co-founded a company that creates digital literacy tools for children learning Arabic.Cult/Tech Podcast with Benetech and All Children Reading
All Children Reading and Benetech talk about helping children with disabilities appreciate books and reading with a book distribution program that places books in Braille, audio, and mixed formats.
Leveraging Technology to Build Literacy Among Millions of Displaced Children and Those with Disabilities
There are about a quarter of a billion children around the world who cannot read, often due to lack of resources in their language, conflicts that have displaced them from their homes and communities.
Mother Tongue An Essential
A Marathi speaking 4 year old girl named Rashi starts kindergarten. Her mother, trying to choose the program that will best support Rashi’s learning of English, puts her in an all-English classroom.
Innovative Digital Storytelling Pilot Project Boasts Positive Results
Parents in rural Zambia are using their mobile phones in a novel way—to bring local folktales to the youngest members of the household.
The Right to Read
Two-hundred-and-fifty million children across the globe are not learning basic literacy and numeracy skills. Of these, 57 million children—a disproportionate number of whom are from disadvantaged...
11 Tech Innovations Changing Global Education
A giant shipping container now provides computers to students in remote locations. The simplest cell phone records and distributes local stories to improve literacy rates.