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1. Education for sustainable development in action: learning & training tools

   

   The purpose of the publication is to describe ways in which education for sustainable development (ESD) can be integrated into primary and secondary schooling. This collection of briefs is designed to complement other ESD materials published by UNESCO. Th

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

2. 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

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Save the Children US Author(s): Guajardo, Jarret | Ochoa, Cecilia

3. Child development and Economic Development: Lessons and Future Challenges

   

   This review essay summarises current research into child development that investigates what promotes and what threatens children’s growth and security. It examines how the well-being of children affects and is affected by wider societal (especially econom

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Young Lives Author(s): Boyden, Jo | Dercon, Stefan

4. What Determines Learning Among Kinh and Ethnic Minority Students in Vietnam? An Analysis of the Round 2 Young Lives Data [Working paper No. 80]

   

   Ethnic minority children in Vietnam score much lower on mathematics and reading tests than do ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) children. This paper examines the acquisition of mathematics and reading skills in Vietnam, using the Young Lives household survey data

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Young Lives Author(s): Glewwe, Paul | Chen, Qihui | Katare, Bhagyashree

5. 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

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Save the Children US Author(s): Ochoa, Cecilia

6. Global Education Digest 2012: The impact of grade repetition and early school leaving

   

   The 2012 edition of the Global Education Digest from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics examines two persistent obstacles to universal primary education: high rates of grade repetition and early school leaving. The report finds that globally 32.2 million

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

7. They All Have Dreams- Community Based Rehabilitation for Children with Disabilities: Good Practices and Lessons from Save the Children Norway

   

   It is estimated that over 2.5 million children in Ethiopia are living with disabilities. It is also estimated that less than 1% of children with special needs access primary education. The main causes of disability among children in Ethiopia are preventab

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Save the Children Norway

8. Learning for Life: The State of the World's Girls 2012

   

   The sixth report in Plan’s annual State of the World’s Girls series, ‘Learning for life’, takes a critical look at the state of girls’ education. The report argues that behind the success of global parity in primary education enrolment figures lies a cris

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Plan International Author(s): Fancy, Khadijah

9. Size and Sources of the Private School Premium in Test Scores in India. Young Lives Working Paper No. 98

   

   This paper uses unique panel data to estimate value-added models of learning production in private and government schools in Andhra Pradesh (India), examine heterogeneity in the value-added of private schools, and identify the sources of learning in these

   Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Young Lives | ODID, Oxford Department of International Development Author(s): Singh, Abhijeet

10. How the Global Partnership for Education Adds Value

    

    This report shows how the Global Partnership model offers unique support for the education of all boys and girls in 59 low-income countries. By supporting development programs to achieve a country’s education goals (such as gender parity, quality learning

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Global Partnership for Education

11. Growing up with the promise of the MDGs: Children’s hopes for the future of development

    

    Improving children’s life chances is central to what the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are seeking to achieve. Based on an analysis of survey and qualitative data from 12,000 children in four countries – Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vi

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Pells, Kirrily | Dornan, Paul | Ogando, María José

12. Too Young to Fail: Giving all children a fair start in life

    

    Too many children in the UK fail before they’ve even started in life. 'Too Young to Fail' shows that, through no fault of their own, poorer children as young as seven are on course for poorer life chances. While progress has been made over the past decade

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK Author(s): Warren, Hollie | Paxton, Will

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