Lessons and Learnings

Media

Kenya

06.21.23

IEFG: Getting into Systems Change

Some 100 representatives of education funders gathered in Edinburgh last month to dissect philanthropy’s latest buzzword: systems change.

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Media

Brazil

06.14.23

Racial Literacy is Key to Transform Subjects, Schools and Territories

Cidade Escola Aprendiz is heading a project that focuses on integrating racial literacy into school curriculums—a key to ensuring systemic transformation in education.

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Insights

Kenya

04.25.23

Youth and Communities at the Heart of Systems Change

Imaginable Futures and Firelight Foundation have launched an initiative that supports community-based...

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Media

Brazil

04.18.23

More Than 70% of Municipalities Do Not Apply a Law That Determines the Teaching of Afro-Brazilian History

A study by Geledés Instituto da Mulher Negra and Instituto Alana found that 71% of municipal education networks in Brazil fail to teach Afro-Brazilian history and culture as required by...

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Reports

Global

01.24.23

Impact Redefined: A Look Back at 2022

Shining a light on a more holistic approach to defining and measuring...

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Insights

Global

12.05.22

Feedback is a Gift

Earlier this year we partnered with the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to gather feedback from our partner organizations, both non-profit grantees and for-profit investees, using their Grantee Perception Report.

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Insights

Global

10.11.22

Practice Makes Learning (Part II)

Our learning practice has unfolded in different ways based on the varying...

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Insights

Global

10.06.22

Practice Makes Learning (Part I)

Rather than aim for perfection, we believe practice makes learning. Here is...

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Reports

Kenya

09.26.22

Imagining a New Way Forward for Education Research in Africa

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Media

United States

08.17.22

Cost and Child Care Most Challenging for Student Parents, Report Finds

The cost of higher education and the cost of child care are the “biggest hurdles” for student parents in colleges across the nation, according to a new report from the...

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