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The harbor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

Africa in Focus

The view from Freetown, Sierra Leone

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Friday, March 11, 2022

A girl holds her chalkboard as she arrives to attend lessons at the evening school in Ouakam neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 16, 2019. Picture taken January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Podcast Episode

How Sierra Leone is getting more girls into STEM

The Hon. Minister David Sengeh and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Mariatu Sesay, 15, smiles as she carries her daughter Nadia while she walks outside her house in the countryside village of Sierra Leone July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

Future Development

The power of investing in girls in Sierra Leone

Youssouf Kiendrebeogo and Quentin Wodon

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Program and reception: Transforming education systems

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

New York, New York

student writing on chalk board

Education Plus Development

Early-grade learning assessments spur Sierra Leone to strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy skills

Monday, September 26, 2022

Students share a desk during a mathematics class at the Every Nation Academy private school in the city of Makeni in Sierra Leone, April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Africa in Focus

International education financing will make or break the SDGs

The Hon. Minister David Sengeh and Mathias Esmann

Friday, May 5, 2023

Pupils wait outside their classes at Ayany Primary School during the arrangement of their seating positions to create social distance after a nine months period of no school due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Education Plus Development

What do we know about the effects of COVID-19 on girls’ return to school?

Christina Kwauk, Dana Schmidt, and Erin Ganju

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

A girl holds her chalkboard as she arrives to attend lessons at the evening school in Ouakam neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 16, 2019. Picture taken January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Education Plus Development

Ensuring learning continuity for every African child in the time of COVID-19

Adedeji Adeniran

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Beyond reopening: A leapfrog moment to transform education?

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

The future of outcomes-based financing: Transforming results for children

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

New York, New York

students raising hands in classroom

Education Plus Development

Why we must transform our education systems, now

The Hon. Minister David Sengeh and Rebecca Winthrop

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Arielle Sadia, a 16 years old student in Odienné, in the Northwest of Côte d'Ivoire. During the coronacrisis schools are closed. But theimath teacher was reluctant and took the initiative to teach with a limited group of students twice a week for two hours.They respect the social distance and wear a mask during classes. "I find it a dood initiative because I can not just sit and wait at home doing nothing. I prefer to come to school. I encourage the youth to study even more now during this crisis. My dream is to become an engineer. " says the young girl and first of her class. For every child, education.

Education Plus Development

5 actions to help bring the most marginalized girls back to school after COVID-19

Robert Jenkins and Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, May 15, 2020

Brookings Senior Fellow Tony Pipa doing a podcast interview (photo by Chris McKenna)

Podcast Episode

Bonus episode: Local stories from listeners

Anthony F. Pipa

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

kids

Education Plus Development

A review of outcomes-based financing in 2022 and beyond

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Elyse Painter

Monday, January 9, 2023

A child in India learns to read.

Education Plus Development

Getting both costs and effectiveness right to improve decisionmaking in education

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Dayoung Lee

Thursday, December 23, 2021