2024 What Works Hub for Global Education Community of Practice workshop
24 September 2024
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, UK
The What Works Hub for Global Education Community of Practice workshop took place on 24 September 2024 at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, as a side event to the Hub’s inaugural annual conference.
The half-day hybrid event comprised three sessions focusing on implementer perspectives on scaling, implementation in the classroom and evidence uptake and use by governments. Watch the recording below.
Event agenda
Tuesday 24 September
| 1pm – 1.15pm | Opening remarks |
Armando Ali (PAL Network) Laura Pearson (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) |
| 1.15pm – 2.15pm |
Session 1: Implementer perspectives on scaling
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Dhir Jhingran (Language and Learning Foundation): Improving Learning Outcomes at Scale: Learning from System-focused Programmes Shraddha Iyer Raghupathi (British Asian Trust): Quality Education India DIB: Learnings from outcomes-based instruments to deliver education outcomes at scale Chavi Jain, Ashleigh Morrell (Teaching at the Right Level, Africa): Contextualizing and adapting an evidence-based education intervention: A case study of Teaching at the Right Level Chair: Anustup Nayak (Central Square Foundation) |
| 2.15pm – 3.15pm |
Session 2: Improving implementation in the classroom
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Carolina Better (ideas42): Improving teaching practices in a foundational literacy and numeracy program in Senegal with applied behavioral science Akashi Kaul (Central Square Foundation): A Quasi-Experimental Study to Evaluate Structured Pedagogy in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Julia Frazier (FHI 360): An Aligned Approach to Making Change at Scale in Djibouti Chair: Permie Isaac (Funda Wande) |
| 3.15pm -3.45pm | Coffee break | |
| 3:45pm – 5.15pm |
Session 3: Strengthening evidence uptake and use by governments |
Rebekka Flam (R4D, funded by Jacobs Foundation): Unpacking How Education Learning Networks Can Best Support Evidence Use in Global Education Ursula Hankinson (Global Schools Forum): Testing and Adapting Education Innovations for Scale: Insights from GSF’s Impact at Scale Labs Adia Umusila (Rwanda Education Lab) Doreen Samwel (Tanzania Institute of Education Lab) Discussant: Donika Dimovska (Jacobs Foundation) Chair: Juan Hernandez-Agramonte (Innovations for Poverty Action) |
| 5.15pm – 5.30pm | Closing remarks | Armando Ali (PAL Network) |
| 5.30pm – 6.30pm | Toast and mingle |
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Speaker bios
Armando Ali
CEO, PAL Network
Laura Pearson
FCDO Evidence into Action Adviser for the What Works Hub for Global Education
Dhir Jhingran
Founder and Executive Director, Language and Learning Foundation
Shraddha Iyer Raghupathi
Manager, British Asian Trust
Chavi Jain
Deputy Director of MEL, TaRL Africa
Anustup Nayak
Project Director, Central Square Foundation
Carolina Better
Managing Director, ideas42
Akashi Kaul
Central Square Foundation
Julia Frazier
FHI360
Permie Isaac
Funda Wande
Rebekka Flam
Senior Program Associate, Results for Development (R4D)
Ursula Hankinson
Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Global Schools Forum
Adia Umusila
Research and Policy Advisor, Innovations for Poverty Action
Doreen Samwel
Curriculum Developer, Tanzania Institute of Education
Donika Dimovska
Chief Knowledge Officer, Jacobs Foundation
Juan Hernandez-Agramonte
Senior Director, Innovations for Poverty Action
Ashleigh Morrell
Programs and Partnerships Director, TaRL Africa
Bridging research, policy, and practice: takeaways from the Community of Practice Workshop
Veerangna Kohli and Swathi Attavar
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