Education – Page 6 – Building State Capability

COVID-19 is Poised to Exacerbate the Learning Crisis, Evidence from Long-term School Closures in Pakistan

Publication date September 25, 2020
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written by Marla Spivack The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the policies adopted to mitigate its spread will be drastic everywhere and particularly grim in low- and middle-income countries.1 As economies shrink, up to a decade of progress in poverty reduction could be undone. As health systems struggle, millions could go without treatment for preventable infectious diseases…Continue Reading COVID-19 is Poised to Exacerbate the Learning Crisis, Evidence from Long-term School Closures in Pakistan

Charting a new course: Education systems after COVID-19

Publication date September 9, 2020
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Written by Dzingai Mutumbuka and Marla Spivack We know that time away from school due to COVID-19 has undermined learning. Children are depending on education leaders – from high level officials to classroom teachers – to start planning now for a new focus on foundational skills. With bold action, and clear focus education systems can…Continue Reading Charting a new course: Education systems after COVID-19

Early Childhood Education in Brazil

Publication date July 30, 2020
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Guest blog written by Beatriz Abuchaim A big headache. It was what I felt in the introductory class at Kennedy School. It was not my first experience at Harvard. I had taken a course in 2018 at Center on the Developing Child, but it didn’t have the same pressure I was feeling as a Public Policy…Continue Reading Early Childhood Education in Brazil

Creating a Workplace Culture of Continuous Learners and Self-Starters in the U.S.

Publication date June 2, 2020
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Guest blog written by Theresa Burnett I came to the program thinking I had a good idea about how to make things happen in the workplace. I had some idea of policy implementation and the challenges of government organizations. All that said, I learned that I did NOT have an organized, step-by-step approach to address…Continue Reading Creating a Workplace Culture of Continuous Learners and Self-Starters in the U.S.

Local Problems, Local Solutions to the Indonesian Education Sector

Publication date December 6, 2019
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Guest blog written by George Adam Sukoco Sikatan, Lanny Octavia, Sarah Ayu, Wahyu Setioko This is a team of development practitioners who work for INOVASI and DFAT in Indonesia. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in May 2019. This is their story. It is at last the final week of the…Continue Reading Local Problems, Local Solutions to the Indonesian Education Sector

Coordinating the National HIV Response in Nigeria

Publication date October 31, 2019
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Guest blog written by Ime Michael Mukolu, Oluwaseun David Oshagbami, Rashidat Jogbojogbo, Sodipe Oluwaseun Oluwasegun. This is a team of four development practitioners who work for the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) in Nigeria. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in May 2019. This is their story. With…Continue Reading Coordinating the National HIV Response in Nigeria

Solving the Wicked Hard Problem of Education Quality in Indonesia

Publication date October 25, 2019
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Guest blog written by Rina Arlianti, Stephanie Carter, Murni Hoeng, Siti Ubaidah Idrus, Susanti Sufyadi, Aaron W Watson. This is a team of six development practitioners working for Indonesia’s Ministry of Education and Culture, the Tanoto Foundation, the Australian supported INOVASI program, and Australian Embassy, Jakarta. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that…Continue Reading Solving the Wicked Hard Problem of Education Quality in Indonesia

Lack of Student Engagement in Bastar District, India

Publication date October 20, 2019
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Guest blog written by Nikhilesh Hari, Poona Verma, Sadashiv N., Vijay Siddharth Pillai This is a team of four development practitioners working for the PMRDF in India and an M.Phil student in the UK. They successfully completed the 15-week Practice of PDIA online course that ended in May 2019. This is their story. We began the course…Continue Reading Lack of Student Engagement in Bastar District, India

The Mozambique School Lunch Initiative

Publication date September 23, 2019
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Guest blog written by Cara Myers It was March of 2016 and the rains had completely failed for a second year in southern Mozambique. Farming families had no crops. Children were missing school to dig up river roots to eat. Teachers were sending students home because they were “too hungry to learn anything.” Even in…Continue Reading The Mozambique School Lunch Initiative

The problem with ‘best practice’: using PDIA to find solutions for Indonesian education

Publication date September 19, 2019
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Guest blog by Mark Heyward Much is made these days of doing development differently, of adaptive programming, and thinking and working politically. Devpolicy Blog featured a series of articles on this topic in September 2018. But do these approaches work? One program that has embraced adaptive programming is Innovation for Indonesia’s School Children (INOVASI). The…Continue Reading The problem with ‘best practice’: using PDIA to find solutions for Indonesian education