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:
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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...

Cuts to global education funding will cost at least $100 billion in lifetime earnings. 💸 How foreign aid cuts to foundational learning programmes will dramatically impact earnings? And what should be done given the shrinking budgets? 📖 Find out in our new blog: www.wwhge.org/resources/do...

🌍 How can we maximise foundational learning improvements when resources are tight? Join us after #UKFIET2025 to explore low-cost, high-impact strategies & evidence-based solutions in #education. 📍 Oxford | 19 Sep | 10am 🔗 www.wwhge.org/events/maxim...

🆕 New blog! Over 250M children are out of school, with the majority living in remote, underserved communities. Our new blog explores the link between the cost of reaching these schools & the role of local governments in scaling solutions. @realcentre.bsky.social www.wwhge.org/resources/th...

Only one day left to apply for the Communications Project Officer position @wwhglobaled.bsky.social ! 👉 www.wwhge.org/vacancies/pr...

⏳ Last chance! The LEVANTE 2025 Call for Proposals closes tomorrow – August 19. We’re investing USD 5M in cutting-edge research on learning variability in children aged 5–12. Apply now 👉 levante-network.org/open-call-fo... #LEVANTE #OpenCall #ChildDevelopment

“Citizen-led assessments provide data that really make the invisible problem of poor foundational learning visible.” – Baela Jamil, PAL Network This video series @palnetworkhq.bsky.social shows how citizen-led assessments help address foundational learning gaps. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTFQ...

“Subject advisors became both subjects and agents of change.” – Portia October, Funda Wande As part of @wwhglobaled.bsky.social's Technical Training Modules, Funda Wande’s new video series offers a deep dive into three distinct approaches to teacher support. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYDf...

“Structured pedagogy isn’t spoon-feeding—it scaffolds teachers to succeed every day in the classroom.” –@anustup.bsky.social, Central Square Foundation 🎥 Watch all three modules unpacking #StructuredPedagogy from Central Square Foundation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X44K...

📣 We are hiring! The What Works Hub for Global Education is looking for a professional, highly organised and self-starting Communications Project Officer. Deadline: 12 noon (UK time), Friday 22 August 2025 Apply now: www.wwhge.org/vacancies/pr...

📣 🆕 We’re delighted to launch a new series of technical training modules created by our Community of Practice members — Funda Wande, Central Square Foundation and the PAL Network @palnetworkhq.bsky.social ! 🎥 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Reading plays a critical role in early learning. Partnered with South Africa's Department of Basic Education and Zenex Foundation, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social published a synthesis brief highlighting findings from the implementation research of the Early Grade Reading Studies (EGRS).

Only one day left to apply for the Senior Programme Manager position @wwhglobaled.bsky.social! 🖋️Don’t miss your chance – apply now: www.wwhge.org/vacancies/se...

📚 New publication alert! Stephanie Zuilkowski and Adrienne Barnes-Story from @lsifsu.bsky.social highlight pre-service teacher education (#PSTE) system as the most promising intervention point in an education system from a #sustainability and #scalability perspective.

📣 New job vacancy! Join us @wwhglobaled.bsky.social as a Senior Programme Manager. 🗓️ Deadline: 12 noon (UK time), 30 July 🔗 To apply: www.wwhge.org/vacancies/se...

🧠 “Good evidence means we’re confident the difference was caused by our program.” – Noam Angrist #GoodEvidence #YouthImpact #EvidenceBased #CapacityBuilding @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @palnetworkhq.bsky.social

Strong foundational literacy and numeracy skills are critical for children's future success. In this post, our consortium partner @j-pal.bsky.social highlights key considerations for implementers interested in #cost-effectiveness analysis to improve #children’s learning.

A/B testing is becoming increasingly prominent in global education. 📍📖 Check out our blog summarising the A/B testing panel at #CIES2025, highlighting innovative work from our partners @youthimpactorg.bsky.social @poverty-action.bsky.social Rocket Learning and more: www.wwhge.org/resources/ci...

A/B testing in education has arrived and we were excited to join the conversation at #CIES2025 See how we and others are using it to strengthen programs: www.wwhge.org/resources/ci...

A/B testing is taking off in the education sector w/ 7 panels at the Comparative and International Education Society this year. A summary from @youthimpactorg.bsky.social @poverty-action.bsky.social Rocket Learning @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social www.wwhge.org/resources/ci...