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To be more effective, adult literacy programmes need to incorporate the neuroscience of how adults learn and how this differs from children.

What is the evidence on effective education policies in low- and middle-income countries? How can academics communicate this evidence to policymakers?

How can we find education programmes that effectively improve learning at scale?

A key dilemma in Indian education is that while children are enrolled in school, they are not actually learning. Based on an experiment in Odisha, this article explores possible solutions to the learning deficit in secondary schooling. It finds that ...

A pedagogical programme in Türkiye that nurtured children’s natural curiosity increased science test scores, and had a notable impact on maths and verbal scores

What does recent evidence tell us are “Smart Buys” for improving learning in low- and middle-income countries?

Teacher and classroom targeted education technology improves students attainment, while student only education technology may have negative academic impacts

Farmers are willing to pay to induce other farmers to adopt new technologies, and can help identify who among them should adopt first

More frequent assessment of student performance fails to deliver on improved outcomes when the administrative burden on teachers is high