🎉 A huge thank you to our team members and all the people and organisations we collaborated with in 2025. We're looking forward to a 2026 of continuing partnership, impact and shared dedication to increasing literacy, numeracy and other key skills for all children.

📢 Calling all #evidence intermediaries! Submit an Expression of Interest to test a Synthesis-Ready Evidence Repository & receive up to CHF 100,000 to produce high-impact #education syntheses and shape a global resource. Deadline: 3pm UTC, 29 January 2026 ➡️ Learn more: buff.ly/E34RORq

📢 Calling evidence intermediaries! Applications are open for the Synthesis-Ready Evidence Repository. Share your interest in improving education decision-making through evidence synthesis and use. 🗓️ Apply by 29 January 2026 → www.wwhge.org/what-we-do/i... #EoI #Education #Evidence

📣 Job posting alert: J-PAL South Asia is #hiring a Research/Senior Research Manager to establish, lead and expand the research & evaluation agenda of the Implementation Science for Education portfolio. Learn more: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/rese...

⚖️ How can gender equality, disability and social inclusion (#GEDSI) be integrated into #ImplementationScience research? Explore this question & more in a new working paper from Laraib Niaz and Pauline Rose of @realcentre.bsky.social: buff.ly/mFThZD3

📖 What does evidence say about effective reading instruction in LMICs? A new Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel-endorsed report shows that when teachers are supported to use explicit, systematic instruction, children learn to read with confidence. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4hy6pil #GEEAP #Literacy

✨A stimulating panel on the science of scale at the Australasian AID Conference. An honor to share reflections alongside movers & shakers in government in Australia, the Philippines, and PNG. ➡️ Link to the recorded panel here: lnkd.in/eTjE5dFz ➡️ Link to the conference page here: lnkd.in/eUnhjHju

👉 How do we scale up interventions without losing effectiveness? 📺 Watch the full keynote panel from the Australasian Aid Conference 2025 featuring our co-founder @noamangrist.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/tv-xZJl... #ImplementationScience #AAC2025

📽️💡NEW VIDEO Impact of English Medium Instruction Policies on Children’s Learning in Ethiopia Jenn Opare-Kumi shares key findings from a study on how English as a medium of instruction affects learning outcomes. @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKuG...

Don’t miss tomorrow’s global webinar launching the new @geeap.bsky.social - endorsed report on effective reading instruction in LMICs. Hear directly from global experts on what works to strengthen early reading & improve learning outcomes. Join on the day ➡️ bit.ly/3Khlhp8 #GEEAP

📈 How can we ensure that ‘what works’ still works at scale? On 4 Dec, 1:30pm AEDT (Canberra time), tune into an Australasian AID Conference panel on the science of scale & implementation that will explore this question and more. ➡️ Watch on YouTube: buff.ly/MmqJ5W9

Don't forget to join us tomorrow, 3 December, at 2pm GMT/5PM EAT for this important webinar! ➡️ Register: buff.ly/diATPKu Learn more about our new Implementation Research at the Middle Tier initiative: buff.ly/qhaUjzX #FoundationalLearning #ImplementationResearch

⏰ 4 December: Don’t miss the global launch webinar of the new GEEAP-endorsed report. Learn what works to help every child learn to read. Join here on the day: bit.ly/3Khlhp8 #GEEAP

⚖️ How can education systems centre gender equality, disability & social inclusion in programme design & delivery? ➡️ Join our 8 December webinar at 1pm GMT to hear insights on integrating #GEDSI into #FoundationalLearning programme implementation in India, South Africa and Nepal: buff.ly/FpzVzaH

⏰ Join us on 3 Dec for a webinar on the middle tier of govt, which plays a crucial role in implementation of #FoundationalLearning reforms. You'll hear insights from Dept of Basic Education, South Africa; FHI 360; Language & Learning Foundation; Meerkat Learning & VVOB. ➡️ Register: buff.ly/diATPKu

📣 We're thrilled to announce the launch of the Middle Tier Implementation Research Initiative, which aims to support the middle tier to understand and strengthen the conditions that enable effective #implementation in #education systems. Learn more: buff.ly/qhaUjzX

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Tutoring is powerful but expensive to scale. Across 12 rapid A/B tests, @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social optimize a tech-enabled tutoring program, boosting efficiency & finding low-cost ways to double learning impact. 📄 bit.ly/49MbmC8

🌍@geeap.bsky.social at #DevEd25! @benlpiper.bsky.social, @gatesfoundation.bsky.social shared key findings from the new GEEAP-endorsed literacy report, while @michellekaffs.bsky.social, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social, highlighted what works to strengthen foundational learning. 📘Learn more: bit.ly/4hy6pil

📢 New blog! Learn about the Every Child Counts Implementation Toolkit, a practical guide grounded in J-PAL South Asia's experience evaluating and scaling a unique, playful mathematics curriculum across India. Blog by Vatsala Sharma, Parikrama Chowdhry & Varsha Hari Prasad:

Tutoring school children is effective, but hard to scale. Researchers @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social used a novel A/B testing approach to enhance cost-effectiveness and scalability of a program in Botswana. 🔗 Read the new paper: https://bit.ly/3WYniJn

💡 Education Evidence Labs can help governments maximise the impact of investments. Learn how #EdLabs use data & evidence to improve learning in a new blog from Michael Lundgren, Donika Dimovska, Samuel Kembou, Yasmine Bekkouche, Rachel Hinton & @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social: buff.ly/zzrrH5o

📢 New @geeap.bsky.social -endorsed report launched at #ADEA2025! It calls on African policymakers to adopt #evidence-based #literacy instruction so every child can learn to read. Download the report ➡️ documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati... Learn more 👉 www.wwhge.org/resources/ne...

How can education outcomes be improved under new fiscal pressures? Alongside the 2025 #UKFIETConf in Oxford, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social brought together experts from our Community of Practice, working across the global education sector to share their reflections. www.wwhge.org/resources/sc...

More information on the recently released #USAID data www.wwhge.org/resources/al... @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social @datafirst.bsky.social

All USAID-funded education data have been rescued! @wwhglobaled.bsky.social published a blog by Hetal Thukral, Amber Gove, Cally Ardington and Erin Meyer, showing how over 20 years of #education data was saved, how you can access it and what you can do with it. 🔗 www.wwhge.org/resources/al...

📘 New publication alert! Christine Beggs, Hetal Thukral and @cliodinti.bsky.social introduce a 'just enough' structured pedagogy model designed to improve foundational literacy outcomes at a relatively low cost. #StructuredPedagogy #FLN 💡 Learn more in the blog: www.wwhge.org/resources/wh...

We ran 12 A/B tests in 3 years. Each built on the last. Iteration = real results: lower costs, higher learning. A nimble way to scale evidence-based programs. 👉New working paper: www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...

📣 Our paper is out on 12 A/B tests all together showing *big* efficiency gains! So excited about this paper & broader approach. We optimize tutoring programs which are famously effective but hard to scale. Highlights👇 @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...

🆕 New working paper out now! Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale, by @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social & @janicalapati.bsky.social. @youthimpactorg.bsky.social 📍 Read more: www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...

The 5th Cross-Country Learning Exchange (#CCLE) in Nairobi has been off to an energetic, collaborative and inspiring start! The event is jointly organised by @poverty-action.bsky.social, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social and Kenya's Ministry of Education.

Day 1 of the Cross-Country Learning Exchange (CCLE) kicks off in Nairobi 🇰🇪 ! EdLab teams, government partners & researchers are exploring how data & evidence can transform education policy and improve learning outcomes. Stay tuned for more. #EmbeddedEvidenceLabs #EdLab

Join us today at 6.30pm at @somervillecollege.bsky.social, for a book talk 'Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi's Schools', featuring Yamini Aiyar, @amangla.bsky.social and Nayanika Mathur. @oxindiacentre.bsky.social 🔗 Read more: www.wwhge.org/events/oicsd...

The 5th annual Cross-Country Learning Exchange (CCLE) kicks off soon in Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪. Co-hosted by @poverty-action.bsky.social, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social and the Ministry of Education of Kenya, this 3-day gathering will bring together policymakers, researchers, funders and #EdLab teams 🌍.

How much and what type of evidence is "enough" to take the next jump in the scaling journey? Our new case study is out exploring these dynamics in the case of education reform. Produced by the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social in collaboration with @wwhglobaled.bsky.social t.co/ojgFsyq5zT

@wwhglobaled.bsky.social has joined @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social and 14 other organisations to create a global #evidence repository for #education, making evidence on what works for children and learning more accessible, actionable & relevant worldwide. 👉 jacobsfoundation.org/education-fu...

📘 New research! Explore the implementation research report on scaling teacher training for structured pedagogy in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 – a collaboration between @wwhglobaled.bsky.social and @unicefinnocenti.bsky.social : www.unicef.org/innocenti/re... #StructuredPedagogy

📣 Our partnership b/w World Bank & What Works Hub for Global Education @wwhglobaled.bsky.social aims to ensure large-scale government-led education reforms are backed by evidence & implemented at quality on the ground ➡️ Read about Implementation Science for Education 👇 www.wwhge.org/resources/in...

🤔 When urgent challenges demand action but strong evidence takes time, how should policymakers respond? A new teaching case explores Rwanda’s education reforms – from @wwhglobaled.bsky.social, The Case Centre and Prof Clare Leaver 👇 ow.ly/Pcmg50X0Gqr

📣 New blog! @noamangrist.bsky.social ( @wwhglobaled.bsky.social), Luis Benveniste (World Bank), Nathanael Bevan and Judith Herbertson (UK's FCDO) announce a new partnership: the Implementation Science for Education (ISE) programme. Learn more: www.wwhge.org/resources/in...

Today, the CSAE's @noamangrist.bsky.social joins the India Scale-Up Summit in Delhi to explore pathways for scaling evidence-based programmes. Hosted by ASPIRE & @j-pal.bsky.social South Asia. @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social www.povertyactionlab.org/event/india-...

This week at #UKFIETConf, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social convened a panel on the important theme of ‘Partnerships to strengthen evidence uptake and use: lessons from Education Labs’, bringing together embedded teams, technical partners, collaborators and funders of #EdLabs.

📣 Join us @wwhglobaled.bsky.social at #UKFIETConf 2025! Tomorrow @ukfiet.bsky.social, we are hosting a panel on #EdLabs, 'Partnerships to strengthen evidence uptake and use: lessons from Education Labs'. 📍 2pm–3.30pm | Tue 16 Sep | Room 9 🔗 ukfiet2025.exordo.com/programme/pr...

📣CSAE Conference 2026 Call for papers CLOSING Want to present your research at #OxCSAE2026? Submit today! The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa. ⏰14 Sept, 23:59 BST

Last week, the Department of Basic Education South Africa, Zenex Foundation, and the British Council, in close partnership with @wwhglobaled.bsky.social, hosted an exciting three-day #EdLab Peer Learning Event in #SouthAfrica, with Education Lab teams from South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya and Botswana.

Last week, the Global Coalition for Foundational Learning, joined by #African partners such as Human Capital Africa (HCA) and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), visited #India to learn from the country’s #FoundationalLearning reforms and foster South-South exchange.

🏫 #FoundationalLearning skills are the bedrock of every child’s future, but what happens when schooling is disrupted by floods, heatwaves, and other #climate shocks? 📖 Read more in Emma Gremley’s new blog @uk.rescue.org @wwhglobaled.bsky.social:
www.wwhge.org/resources/fo...

In the latest @wwhglobaled.bsky.social article by the CSAE's @noamangrist.bsky.social, @gamblingondev.bsky.social & co-authors, researchers argue that foreign aid has a continued & critical role to play & highlight specific & highly leveraged roles for foreign aid.

🆕 Doing more with less: Why foreign aid should prioritise foundational learning now By @noamangrist.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, Pia Britto @unicef.org, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Michelle Kaffenberger @wwhglobaled.bsky.social, @deankarlan.bsky.social & @benlpiper.bsky.social ⤵️

Our new piece on the value of ODA spending on foundational learning. When spent well, a little can go a long way. A year of smart investments can deliver $100+ billion in lifetime returns. @wwhglobaled.bsky.social : www.wwhge.org/resources/do... @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/educat...

💡NEW: It's time for foreign aid to prioritise foundational learning, argues @wwhglobaled.bsky.social. Their analysis shows that investing in just one year of foundational learning programmes boosts children's future earnings by $164 billion.👇 www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/experts...