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Language & Comprehension Barriers in Greece’s Migration Crisis: A study on the multitude of languages and comprehension of material provided to refugees and migrants in Greece
A notable feature of the refugee crisis starting in 2015 has been the diversity of languages and ethnicities of refugees and migrants. Approximately 95 percent of the refugees and migrants who arrived in Greece in 2015 and 2016 came from seven countries:
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Mid Term Evaluation IDEA Project
The IDEA project was designed to improve literacy levels and increase the use of better food and health practices in primary school age children in the department of El Quiché using products and funds provided by FAS. The mid-term evaluation of the Invest
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Il mio Primo Italiano: Piccolo manuale di lingua italiana
This is a publication designed to support newly arrived foreign minors to learn the Italian language.
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Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills and Wages: The Role of Latent Abilities on the Gender Wage Gap in Peru. Young Lives Working paper No.118
Recently there has been growing interest in the relationship between cognitive and non-cognitive abilities and labour market outcomes. A large literature provides evidence on the positive connection between cognitive test scores and higher wages. Fewer an
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Beyond School Walls: A boost for readers
While more children are in school today than ever before, many are not learning basic skills like reading once they get there. Save the Children's Literacy Boost Program is helping to change that by creating a culture of reading both inside and outside th
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Save the Children Presentation All Children Reading Asia: Community involvement and parental support. Technical Session 2
A presentation by Save the Children for the All Children Reading Asia Regional Workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand, September 17-20, 2012. It reviews the challenges to early grades reading in Asia; what research says about improving children's reading acqu
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Equity and Inclusion for All in Education
The Global Campaign for Education’s report explores issues of marginalisation beyond gender, including disability, ethnicity and geographical location, and their implications for educational access and achievement. It undertakes a systematic analysis of t
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Save the Children's Literacy Boost Toolkit: Introduction
Literacy Boost is an innovative, evidence-based approach to improving literacy learning outcomes, and is increasing the reading skills of underperforming children in a growing number of program sites across the globe. This introductory document is designe
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International agreement on the rights of disabled people [Easy read version]
An easy-to-read version of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The purpose of the document is to ensure that the human rights and freedoms of disabled persons are promoted, protected and understood by all. It contains mu
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Review: Teacher Support and Development Interventions
Save the Children commissioned research on teacher support and development as part of a strategy to build professional and technical capacity through sharing knowledge at global, regional and country levels. The research, which this document summarizes, s
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Save the Children Presentation on Literacy Boost: Lessons from Assessment and Community
Save the Children's presentation of ' Literacy Boost: Lessons from Assessment and Community' outlines what Literacy Boost is, the role of assessment and tracking individual students, the role of community and parental support, the role of text and materia
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Boletín sobre políticas públicas sobre infancia en el Perú [Abril 2012]
This paper examines the policy of Intercultural Bilingual Education (abbreviated to EIB in Spanish), a policy intended to give indigenous children in Peru access to education relevant to their linguistic and cultural background. However, there are not eno