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

 

Dhir Jhingran (Language and Learning Foundation): Improving Learning Outcomes at Scale: Learning from System-focused Programmes 

Slide deck

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

 

 

Carolina Better (ideas42): Improving teaching practices in a foundational literacy and numeracy program in Senegal with applied behavioral science 

Slide deck

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 

Slide deck

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)

Slide deck

Doreen Samwel (Tanzania Institute of Education Lab)

Slide deck

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 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker bios

Armando Ali

Armando Ali

CEO, PAL Network

Laura Pearson

Laura Pearson

FCDO Evidence into Action Adviser for the What Works Hub for Global Education

Dhir Jhingran

Dhir Jhingran

Founder and Executive Director, Language and Learning Foundation

Shraddha Iyer Raghupathi

Shraddha Iyer Raghupathi

Manager, British Asian Trust

Chavi Jain

Chavi Jain

Deputy Director of MEL, TaRL Africa

Anustup Nayak

Anustup Nayak

Project Director, Central Square Foundation

Carolina Better

Carolina Better

Managing Director, ideas42

Akashi Kaul

Akashi Kaul

Central Square Foundation

Julia Frazier

Julia Frazier

FHI360

Permie Isaac

Permie Isaac

Funda Wande

Rebekka Flam

Rebekka Flam

Senior Program Associate, Results for Development (R4D)

Ursula Hankinson

Ursula Hankinson

Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Global Schools Forum

Adia Umusila

Adia Umusila

Research and Policy Advisor, Innovations for Poverty Action

Doreen Samwel

Doreen Samwel

Curriculum Developer, Tanzania Institute of Education

Donika Dimovska

Donika Dimovska

Chief Knowledge Officer, Jacobs Foundation

Juan Hernandez-Agramonte

Juan Hernandez-Agramonte

Senior Director, Innovations for Poverty Action

Ashleigh Morrell

Ashleigh Morrell

Programs and Partnerships Director, TaRL Africa

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