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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 in literacy.
Benetech Wins All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development Grant to Improve Literacy for Primary School Students with Disabilities in India
We are delighted to share that USAID, World Vision, and the Australian Government awarded Benetech a 2015 grant to improve literacy for primary school students who are blind in India.Ressi – an Arabic literacy app for Syrian refugee children
Ressi is a smartphone application that can build foundational literacy skills in Arabic and improve psychosocial well-being for Syrian children who are out of school or struggling in school.- ACR GCD in the News // The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine // October 1, 2014
Tools and resources to improve deaf educational access to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
This research project will address the challenging research problem of meeting the educational needs of the deaf, who are underserved in education in general, and in STEM literacy, in particular. 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.Whiz Kids / Bruktawit Tigabu
Whiz Kids Workshop shares their ACR GCD-funded innovation to create and distribute TV, audio and print materials to early grade students in Ethiopia.Benetech / Kristina Pappas
ACR GCD-funded innovator Benetech shares their innovation to add audio to digital stories for children who are blind/low vision in India.Catholic Relief Services / Stu Letsatsi-Kojoana
ACR GCD-funded innovator Catholic Relief Services shares their innovation to use modern Braille technologies to deliver and improve reading for children who are blind/low vision in Lesotho.Sesame Workshop India Trust / Anuragini Nagar
ACR GCD-funded innovator Sesame Workshop India shares their innovation to provide families with a mobile app based on the Marathi-language version of Sesame Street to improve children's reading.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.YMCA / Senegal Simone Lazarre Badiane + Jean Bassene
YMCA Senegal shares their ACR GCD-funded innovation to empower youth in Senegal to volunteer as literacy leaders by engaging with children through reading clubs and tutoring.World Education, Inc. / James MacNeil
World Education, Inc. shares their ACR GCD-funded innovation to provide mobile learning and reading curriculum to children in Cambodia.Sesame Workshop / Sashwati Banerjee
Sesame Workshop India shares their ACR GCD-funded innovation to provide engaging classroom content and low-cost tablets to improve reading skills in Hindi and English.Deaf Child Worldwide – Sign On For Literacy Prize
Sign On For Literacy prize partner Deaf Child Worldwide reminds us that with the right support, deaf children can do anything their hearing peers can do.Sign On For Literacy Prize Announcement – Press Release in International Sign
All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development announces five semi-finalists of the Sign On for Literacy prize. (Press release in International Sign).Gallaudet University Motion Light Lab, VL2 – Sign On For Literacy Prize
Sign On For Literacy prize semi-finalist Gallaudet University explains SignShare, an open source platform for creating and sharing signed stories and resources via a digital library.enuma – Sign On For Literacy prize semi-finalist
Sign On For Literacy prize semi-finalist enuma adds sign language functionality to KitKit School, a tablet-based early learning program, for children in Tanzania and Kenya.Innovator Spotlight Webinar
Learn from ACR GCD-funded Sesame Workshop and World Education about innovative edtech approaches for improving early grade reading in India and Cambodia.Global Education Monitoring Report (2017/18)
UNESCO's report alerting the international community on the progress and barriers toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4, with a specific focus on accountability in education.A Lifeline to Learning: Leveraging Technology to Support Education for Refugees
UNESCO's analysis of mobile learning projects and practices to address 10 education-related challenges affecting refugee communities.Sesame Workshop Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "Play.Connect.Learn" project in India.