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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.A Papal Education
In September, the UN and Pope Francis both called on the international community to fight poverty and preserve the environment. At the center of these efforts will be education.MobiLiteracy: Developing a Literacy Rich Home Environment in Kampala, Uganda Utilizing Mobile
Learn more about Planet Read's MobiLiteracy, a series of reading lessons available on basic phones for parents to use with young children in Uganda.TRAC project
A video about the Total Reading Approach for Children (TRAC) project in Cambodia by World Education.Rapid Response System Guidelines: Grade 1 Learning
World Education, Inc., and Kampuchean Action for Primary Education provide guidelines to support and measure the success of new reading textbooks developed by the Ministry of Education in Cambodia.The Tech Awards 2014 laureate: Worldreader
Using e-readers and mobile phones, Worldreader empowers more than 250,000 children and adults around the world with e-books.In Zambia, a Refuge to Learn
If you want to see a community at work, check out the Lubuto Library on a Saturday morning in Lusaka, Zambia.Initiative Africa / Kebour Ghenna
Initiative Africa shares their ACR GCD-funded innovation to use interim assessments and research to improve teacher capacity and professional development in Ethiopia.The Silent Crisis in Timor-Leste’s Development Trajectory
As International Literacy Day approaches, the matter of literacy remains an enormous challenge around the world, including in Asia’s youngest nation, Timor-Leste.Pratham / Usha V. Rane
Pratham Education Foundation shares their ACR GCD-funded innovation to launch monthly learning camps to improve reading, writing and speaking skills among children in India.Monitoring And Evaluation: Keys To Improving Literacy In Africa
Worldreader’s large-scale projects always involve considerable monitoring and evaluation to examine how e-readers and access to digital books help children read more and read better.Digitizing Education
An interview with Catherine Oliver Smith, COO and Co-Founder of ACR GCD innovator Urban Planet Mobile, on International Women's Day.The Asia Foundation and Fundasaun Alola Launch All Children Reading Project with Support from USAID
The Asia Foundation, in partnership with Fundasaun Alola, has launched the All Children Reading (ACR) initiative, an 18-month project generously supported by the United States Agency for InternationalUSAID Launches Reading Project for Young Students in Haiti
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a project to promote reading among young students in Haiti.The Bollywood Solution: Making Reading ‘Inescapable’
Much of television programming aimed at young people has earned a dubious reputation for turning the minds of the world’s children into wastelands.Alphabet Boot Camp
At 8 a.m. in the Indian state of Bihar, 25 children gather in a playing field. A bright yellow banner bearing the Pratham Education Foundation’s logo is prominently rolled out at the site.Sesame Workshop Initiatives India Wins Award At All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge For Development
The innovation – Learn to Read, Read to Learn – by Sesame Workshop Initiatives India (SWIIPLC) was announced a winner by USAID, AusAID and World Vision.ECo-Development / Charles Aldric Halder
Eco-Development share their ACR GCD-funded innovation to provide culturally appropriate reading materials to children in 125 primary schools in Bangladesh.Georgia State + Stellenbosch University / Amy Seely Flint + Renee Nathanson
Georgia State University and Stellenbosch University share their ACR GCD-funded innovation to distribute local language teaching and learning materials in digital formats to children in South Africa.
