News Ministerial visits and school leader training in Ethiopia 26 July 2021 Last month, Education Development Trust’s TARGET team welcomed HE Dr Geremew Hulluka, State Minister for Teachers and Educational Leaders Development to a school leader pilot training session in the Sidama region of Ethiopia for a two-day visit – the first of its kind for a project which is still in an implementation phase. Commentary Promising practices for a post-pandemic renewal of learning: lessons from Global Dialogue 2021 Following our Global Dialogue event earlier this year, our latest report draws on the rich discussions from the event to develop our thinking on some of the key ways in which we may be able to improve education for all as the world recovers from Covid-19. In it, we consider it, we consider the importance of evidence and data in informing interventions and solution design, the need for mechanisms for participation and problem-solving and the significance of harnessing community and parental engagement. Research The role of evidence in the improvement of school systems Efficient use of resources depends upon many factors, but one key variable is the extent to which we design and implement activities which require funding in a way that is informed by relevant evidence. News Students experience interviewing with top employers for Careers Day 15 July 2021 On this World Youth Skills Day, we celebrate some of the vital work our Employability and Careers team are doing in schools to help bridge the gap between education, training and employability through the organising of mock interviews with top-name employers at schools in London. Page High-Impact Domestic Financing: Evidence, Equity, Efficiency Education Development Trust, British Council, and FCDO invite you to join us as we explore how evidence and equity can impact efficiency in education financing. Commentary Mind the gap in refugee education: where are all the girls? While many parts of the world have witnessed significant progress in girls’ education and refugee education in recent years, access to learning remains a critical challenge for refugee girls. In this commentary, we reflect on key learnings from a recent research report published by the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), which specifically considers the state of girls’ education in crisis and conflict situations. News ‘We teach here’: A short film 18 June 2021 Some 372,000 South Sudanese refugees live in Ethiopia. Nearly half of them are of school going age. 'We teach here' shares the lives of three South Sudanese primary school teachers working in refugee camps in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. Using phone cameras to film themselves, the teachers share their stories and the essential role they play in shaping the future of young refugees, under challenging and fast-changing circumstances. Case study TechPathways London TechPathways London was a two-year project, ending in 2021, designed to bridge the gap between the digital skills acquired in education and those required by London’s digital and creative industries. It offered a programme of free training for educators working with young people aged 11-24. Funded as part of the Mayor of London's Digital Talent programme, the project was a collaboration between the Connected Learning Centre, part of Education Development Trust, and Queen Mary University of London. Commentary Helping young people to navigate the COVID-19 job market - the latest In December 2020 I wrote that the challenge the Government faces in rebuilding the UK’s economy was vast. At the time not long after the Chancellors autumn 2020 Spending Review the situation was sobering: 2.6 million people were expected to be unemployed by the middle of 2021 and the UK economy was not predicted to return its pre-crisis size until the end of 2022. Commentary Empowering girls in STEM in Rwanda: reflections from International Day of Women in Mathematics 2021 On 12th May, our Building Learning Foundations team in Rwanda hosted an insightful discussion, ‘Empower girls in mathematics: start early’, seeking to inspire those working in the education sector to support more girls and women to take on STEM subjects. Here, we reflect on key learnings from the panel discussion on the barriers preventing girls from studying and excelling in STEM subjects, as well as what can be done to encourage more girls to develop an interest in mathematics from the critical primary years onwards. 1 2 3 4 ...