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A Boost for the World's Poorest Schools
This document is a New York Times newspaper opinion piece that reviews Literacy Boost, briefly detailing the challenges that students face in the developing world in terms of learning, and Save the Children's response in the form of the Literacy Boost pro
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Literacy Boost: Helping children develop reading skills in and out of school
Literacy Boost is Save the Children’s innovative, evidence based response to an alarming global trend—the rise in the numbers of children finishing primary school who are unable to read well enough to learn. This document gives a four page overview of the
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The Promise of Preschool in Africa: A Randomized Impact Evaluation of Early Childhood Development in Rural Mozambique
The new World Bank report 'The Promise of Preschool in Africa: A Randomized Impact Evaluation of Early Childhood Development in Rural Mozambique', shows that early childhood programs help children thrive and learn more in rural Africa. Children in rural M
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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
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Save the Children Presentation on Learning to Read Overview: Major Issues, Overall Challenges
Save the Children's presentation at the All Children Reading Workshop, Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2012. It reviews the major issues and overall challenges to learning to read, including the necessary reading skills, active learning methodologies, mother ton
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Results for learning report 2012. Fostering evidence-based dialogue to monitor access and quality in education
The Results for Learning Report is part of the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) monitoring and evaluation strategy to measure the progress made in helping developing nations implement their own education sector plans. This is the first of a series
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Literacy Boost. Yemen Baseline Report
The Literacy Boost programme aims to improve young readers literacy and is founded on the idea that reading is a key to unlocking further education and career potential. This programme starts implementing assessment of children’s literacy, followed by tra
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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
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Literacy Boost Community Action: Creating a Culture of Reading Outside School Walls
Literacy Boost is Save the Children’s innovative program to support the development of reading skills in young children. Teachers, students, parents and community members are engaged to help enhance the skills required for independent reading, while foste
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Literacy Boost- 2 Year Report Malawi
The Literacy Boost program is an intervention focused on working with teachers and communities to improve children’s reading skills.In its second year of implementation in Malawi, Literacy Boost demonstrated school-wide impact, the potential for enhancing
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Save the Children Presentation: Conceptual Framework for Literacy Intervention. Addis Ababa Conference 2011
Save the Children's Literacy Boost program is an intervention focused on working with teachers and communities to improve children’s reading skills. This presentation reviews the conceptual framework and the research backing Literacy Boost, as well as the
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Case Study. Junior reporters in China: Children's participation for promoting health among migrants
Migrants living in urban areas in China with no residency permits often have limited or no access to basic services, such as health, education and adequate accommodation. Health and hygiene conditions in schools are also a matter of concern. Save the Chil