Across the Middle East, conflict and crisis mean that more than 6 million children are displaced across the region, affecting the quality of their education. In response, Ahlan Simsim—a joint initiative by Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee—uses digital technology to support children's education 🌟 🎙️ As a finalist for our Best Practice Prize, we sat down with Heidi Rosbe from the International Rescue Committee to hear about their work improving early childhood education. 🔎 Discover more about their project and the other finalists: https://lnkd.in/eihWa57n #BestPracticePrize #Education #RefugeeEducation #QualityEducation
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We work to give every child the evidence-based education they need to thrive.
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Whatever their background, all young people should have access to a high-quality education. Yet all too often, programs and interventions designed to improve a child’s learning and education provide one-size-fits-all instruction and are not rooted in evidence. Founded by Klaus J. Jacobs in 1989, the Jacobs Foundation’s vision is a world in which every child is given the evidence-based learning opportunities they need to thrive. To move closer to this vision, our flagship Strategy 2030 has pledged 500 million Swiss Francs to improve children’s learning and education by promoting the generation and translation of evidence into policy and practice. We accomplish this by funding research to understand how children learn, promoting the use of evidence in school practice and EdTech, and supporting countries to integrate evidence into education policy and implementation. Strategy 2030 is underpinned by an ambitious Research Agenda designed to advance our scientific understanding of childhood variability – how children vary day-to-day in their skills and behaviors, how they differ from their peers, and how they live and learn in different environments. By furthering the science of how children vary over time and contexts, we aim to support policymakers and educators in embracing variability and providing evidence-based learning opportunities that serve more children, more often.
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Beschäftigte von Jacobs Foundation
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Adrian Cockle
Digital Strategy Consultant
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John Soleanicov
EdTech Investor at Jacobs. Using investment to drive social change.
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Roland Huegli
CFO and Sparring Partner
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Emer Beamer
Social co-designer, LSX Fellow, Co-founder at Design-a-thon Works, Co-founder at Butterfly Works & Nairobits, Kenya, Master Student at WDKA, Piet…
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"Achieving inclusive, sustainable, and equitable quality education is still within our grasp; governments and philanthropy just need to be united in leading to a shared agenda," Simon Sommer, Co-CEO. 💭 Did you know we are a member of the SDG4 High-Level Steering Committee? Read more about what our co-CEO, Simon Sommer, had to say: https://lnkd.in/eckkvasC
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💬 "We're on a mission to persuade educators to recognise oral language skills are the foundation of the whole of formal education," Charles Hulme, Founder and CEO of OxEd and Assessment. 🏫 Many children around the world struggle with oral language, but it is essential for communication, especially in schools. OxEd and Assessment is one of our Best Practice Prize finalists and they are working to improve educational outcomes for children, with a particular focus on children at risk of educational difficulties. Watch the full interview below ⬇️ #BestPracticePrize #Education #EducationResearch #QualityEducation #SustainableEducation University of Oxford
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"The Jacobs Foundation has a long track record of generating rigorous evidence as well as supporting direct application and use of evidence by governments and implementing organizations," Noam Angrist, Academic Director for the What Works Hub for Global Education. Did you know we have joined the What Works Hub for Global Education? 🎉 Supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the hub will help to improve education outcomes for millions of children! Learn more about the partnership which aims to strengthen local evidence education ecosystems, including Education Evidence Labs (EdLabs): https://bit.ly/3WJrFsw #WhatWorksHub #Education #Partnership #Announcement
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🎬 Next up, we are spotlighting Lebanese Alternative Learning, another of our Best Practice Prize finalists which offers capacity-building training and creates tailored digital solutions for specific challenges. By developing a digital learning platform for both teachers and students that works online and offline, they support refugee and internally displaced students, enabling them to work anytime and anywhere. Discover more about how they adapt solutions based on individual needs and circumstances from Nayla Zreik Fahed, Co-Founder and CEO of Lebanese Alternative Learning. ⬇️ #BestPracticePrize #Education #Lebanon #QualityEducation #SustainableEducation
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We work in cocoa-growing regions of Côte d'Ivoire to improve quality education by constructing school infrastructure, training teachers, and engaging parents in their children’s learning. 🇨🇮🍫 This initiative – the CLEF Coalition (the Child Learning and Education Facility) – is led by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and helps children who have never been to school or may have dropped out to benefit from an accelerated learning program known as "bridging classes." This helps them adapt to the formal education system. 🎥 Meet Flore, a young girl who was out of school for a long time but is now able to return to school thanks to a bridging class set up by the CLEF Coalition: https://bit.ly/4fqhvo3 #CLEF #GouvCI #QualityEducation #SDG4 #cotedivoire
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How can we ensure there is quality early childhood care and education in rural communities in Ghana? One solution lies with their caregivers💡 Lively Minds —a finalist for our Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize—trains parents and caregivers in communities to run educational play schemes for preschool children, tapping into the community's talents and energies. 🤝 📌 Read more about their work in Ghana and Uganda: https://bit.ly/4eQKSQ1 ⬇️ Hear more from Alison Naftalin, founder and CEO of Lively Minds. #BestPracticePrize #Education #Ghana #QualityEducation #SustainableEducation
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📢 Attention all education and multi-disciplinary researchers! 📢 The first call for proposals is open for the Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE)! This groundbreaking, global initiative aims to improve our understanding of developmental and learning variability. 💡 ➡️ For more details on how to apply, visit: https://lnkd.in/eUs926ha Deadline: 6 October 2024 #CallforApplications #EducationProposals #FundingOpportunity
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"What we do is transform the very conventional teacher centered schooling practices into one that is centered on the child and encouraging active and cooperative participatory learning." Clarita Arboleda, Chief Operating Officer at Fundación Escuela Nueva (FEN). 🎬 Over the next few weeks, we will be spotlighting our Best Practice Prizes finalists! Fundación Escuela Nueva (FEN) is one of our finalists from Colombia. 🇨🇴 They work to equip children – particularly those from low-income backgrounds – to develop cognitive, social, and emotional skills so they can reach their full potential. 👉 Learn more about their work on scaling models with schools in rural and underserved settings to ensure that children from these marginalized communities receive a quality education: https://lnkd.in/eihWa57n #BestPracticePrizes #Education #Award #QualityEducation
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Our next country focus is Côte d'Ivoire! 🇨🇮 Did you know we are part of CLEF Coalition (Child Learning and Education Facility) – the first public-private partnership focused on scaling up investment in quality education in Côte d’Ivoire? It aims to: ✅ Get more children into school ✅ Make sure children learn at school ✅ Achieve impact at scale CLEF supports the creation of “bridging classes," allowing children who have never been to school– or who may have dropped out– to follow an accelerated learning program. 📈 🎤 Hear more from Annita Suzanne TRAORÉ, Director of Non-Formal Education at Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of National Education and Literacy: https://lnkd.in/eEbUnkrW #CLEF #GouvCI #QualityEducation #SDG4 #cotedivoire Gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire
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