Last year, I went zip lining. It invigorated my sense of how to approach the elusive pursuit of empowerment. Imagine climbing six stories to the top of a platform 65 feet up in the air, connecting yourself to a cable, and then jumping off to go zipping through tree tops at a speed of 35 miles an hou...

For all of the horrors that have punctuated the last two hundred years of human history, we have seen some awesomely unprecedented progress in global quality of life. The world has many more people, living much longer and healthier, in massively improved material circumstances than it did two hundre...

Teachers often hold beliefs that mirror societal norms. But how does teacher gender bias, affect students, and what can we do to remedy this?

Globally, almost a third of students aged 13 to 15 have been victims of school violence. This is a deeply concerning statistic. Exposure to school violence has proven to affect students’ learning, socio-emotional development, and physical and mental health. School safety is an important precondition...

With food prices escalating globally, there is an urgent need for renewed partnerships between the US and African governments to sustain school meal programs around the continent.

In early 2021, our team undertook a worldwide search for compelling examples of where early-grade math outcomes had been improved at measurable scale. The selected programs constitute six of the most effective, large-scale numeracy-focused programs in LMICs, all of which have rigorous evidence of im...

As more countries approach the International Monetary Fund for a bailout, the fate of critical school feeding programs hang in the balance.

A growing knowledge base offers some initial insights on design and implementation features that should be prioritized to ensure that childcare programs benefit children and parents or other caregivers, but gaps in the evidence persist.