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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
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Blog // July 28, 2020ACR GCD awardee SIL LEAD spurs multi-organization effort to create COVID-themed children’s books in 166 languages using Bloom software
Additional COVID-19 themed books created through ACR GCD’s Begin With Books prize to arrive on Global Digital Library and Bloom Library in September.- Blog // June 25, 2020
UnrestrICTed Challenge seeks scalable ICT solutions to improve literacy and learning for children with disabilities
Challenge to award up to $1 million for solutions grounded in Universal Design for Learning for children with disabilities in low-resource contexts. - Blog // June 1, 2020
Integrated International and Little Thinking Minds scale Arabic literacy platform to support learners across Jordan
ACR GCD competition winners partner with Ministry of Education to co-create digital library and support out-of-school children during the COVID-19 pandemic. - Blog // May 7, 2020
Rochester Institute of Technology to create first local sign language books for children in low-resource regions of Asia, Pacific and Somalia
Begin With Books prize winner will build on platform created through ACR GCD’s Sign On For Literacy prize to create 1,200+ sign language storybooks. - Blog // May 6, 2020
eKitabu seeks to transform the production of quality, accessible books in local languages of Africa
Begin With Books prize winner to scale past ACR GCD-funded projects to create 270 accessible books for children in Malawi. - Blog // May 5, 2020
The Asia Foundation to create first large collection of minority language books for children in Laos, Nepal and Papua New Guinea
ACR GCD’s Begin With Books prize to fund the creation of 380 books in six local languages for regions in which only 5 percent of children have access to books. - Blog // May 4, 2020
SIL LEAD to create first large collection of local language storybooks for children in Mali
Begin With Books prize winner to create the first large collection of books in Soninke, Sénoufo, and Malian Sign Languages. - Blog // April 28, 2020
eKitabu’s signed Digital Story Time included in Kenya Ministry of Education’s distance learning program
Daily TV and virtual broadcast of sign language stories funded by ACR GCD open opportunities for all children, including those who are deaf, to learn during the COVID-19 crisis. - Blog // March 13, 2020
Nine global EdTech solutions to support out-of-school children during the Coronavirus outbreak
ACR GCD-funded innovations available in multiple languages and across variety of devices to support early-grade literacy. - Blog // March 5, 2020
All Children Reading Grand Challenge awards Begin With Books prize to four innovators creating books in underserved languages
Winners will also join ACR GCD Sign Language Storybook Cohort to follow standards for sign language book production. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Blog // November 19, 2016
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