Meet Imagine Worldwide, one of our Best Practice Prize winners! 🌍 They are a Pan-African NGO working in Sub-Saharan Africa and provide illiterate children with small tablets to start learning. 🎥 At the Foundation, we are committed to the funding, development, and application of best practices for learners at the school level. We sat down with Co-CEO Rapelang Rabana to learn more about the organization and how they monitor their work to ensure it is best practice. #BestPracticePrize #ImagineWorldwide #DigitalLearning #EducationInAfrica
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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, Ashoka Fellow, Co-founder at Design-a-thon Works, Co-founder at Butterfly Works & Nairobits, Kenya, Master Student at WDKA, Piet…
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💡 The results from the survey will help ensure we are sharing useful work and knowledge with our audiences and amplifying the things that matter to you. 💬 Whether you want to hear more about our work in a specific geography or learn more about our awards and fellowships, make sure your voice is heard today: https://bit.ly/3U0ivWU (other languages available, links in the comments) #EducationSurvey #ShareYourViews
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🇨🇴 Did you know we work with the government, researchers, policymakers, and educators in Colombia? 🇨🇴 We are working to: 🤝 Create a co-funding mechanism to bring together funds for various education programs ⚖️ Establish a new Education Evidence Lab, or EdLab, for more effective policymaking 🌱 Support Communities of Change which implement evidence-based policies and practices at the community level Learn more about our program in Colombia: https://lnkd.in/ebfcp3DZ #Colombia #EducationDevelopment #ChildDevelopment
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🔴 Don't forget! We'd love to hear your thoughts as we approach the midpoint of our Strategy 2030. Share your feedback on the Foundation and our work by taking the survey today: https://bit.ly/3U0ivWU Also available in French, Spanish, and German! Find the links to all languages in the comments below. #EducationSurvey #ShareYourViews
We want to hear from you! 📣 At the Jacobs Foundation, we are approaching the halfway mark of our Strategy 2030. In order to ensure we are being as effective as possible, we'd love to hear your thoughts on our work and communications. 💭 Share your views and take our survey today: https://bit.ly/3U0ivWU Also available in French, Spanish, and German- links in the comments. #EducationSurvey
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🎙️ Hear more from Samuel Kembou, PhD, our Global Lead for Learning and Evidence, on Let's Talk Education Africa! 🌍 The podcast explores education practice and research from across the continent, sharing the inspiring stories of educators and innovators making a difference in their schools and communities: https://bit.ly/3TPXhuG #africapodcast #podcastsinafrica #educationpodcast #Educationpolicy #EducationinAfrica
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During a recent interview for BOLD, Nayla Zreik Fahed, the CEO of Lebanese Alternative Learning, a Best Practice Prize finalist, argues that the digital divide is preventing many children from developing key skills and achieving their full potential. Lebanese Alternative Learning works to combat this. They create free, high-quality digital education programs that can be used anytime and anywhere – with a focus on displaced and out-of-school children. Read more on BOLD, a digital platform dedicated to spreading the word about how children and young people develop and learn: https://bit.ly/4eWoWCr #DigitalDivide #DigitalLearning #EducationSolutions
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Did you know there is an EdLab—an education policy lab—inside Côte d'Ivoire's Ministry of National Education and Literacy? 💡 EdLabs help ensure evidence is used in education policy and practice, rather than just conducting research. Hear more from Inspector General Faustin Koffi who we spoke to at our Annual Conference earlier this year. 🎤 #EdLabs #Cotedivoire #EducationPolicy
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Why is it important to conduct research into policy labs, specifically those focusing on education? 💡 For Samuel Kembou, PhD, our Global Lead for Learning and Evidence, policy labs bring effectiveness to policymaking and ensure that innovations and decision-making are rooted in evidence. 🎙️ He spoke with host Stephen Senyo Tettegah alongside Marcela Morales Hidalgo – Associate at On Think Tanks on the latest Let's Talk Education Africa podcast episode. Listen to learn more: https://bit.ly/3TPXhuG #africapodcast #podcastsinafrica #educationpodcast
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The global community needs to leverage diverse funding sources and cross-sector collaboration to boost investments in education. 🎙️: Jacobs Foundation's Simon Sommer discusses foundations’ role in #TransformingEducation ahead of the 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: https://lnkd.in/gWugWj7P
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Applications close in 3 days for the LEARN program! It aims to strengthen research in education and child development in Ghana 🇬🇭 and Colombia 🇨🇴. This is a brilliant opportunity for scholars to contribute to significant educational improvements, benefit from guidance from local and international mentors, and collaborate with a network of global experts! Apply today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eU9ffRCD #EducationOpportunity #Research #CareerDevelopment #Evidence
🇬🇭 Calling all early and mid-career researchers in Ghana and Colombia 🇨🇴 Applications are now open for the LEARN program which aims to strengthen research in education and child development in Ghana and Colombia! 🌎 The Jacobs-funded initiative is a collaboration between Facultad de Educación | Uniandes, University of Cape Coast (UCC), & NYU Global TIES for Children. It will provide an opportunity for scholars to enhance their academic excellence, contribute to significant educational improvements, benefit from guidance from local and international mentors, and collaborate with a network of global experts through annual workshops and monthly seminars. It will run from 2025 - 2027. You are eligible to apply if: ✅ You obtained your PhD in the last 10 years ✅ You are a faculty member, researcher, or scholar at a higher-ed or research institute in Ghana or Colombia ✅ Your research is related to education or child development ✅ You are proficient in basic quantitative research methodologies ✅ You are proficient in English or have a desire to improve your English ✅ You are committed to engaging with the LEARN Network and contribute to its activities To apply you will need an updated CV, at least two references, and the ability to provide a letter of support from your institute if you progress in the application. To ask further questions email [email protected] Apply by 18 October here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eU9ffRCD #Education #Research #CareerDevelopment #Evidence