Studies have shown that a significant number of children, particularly in the early grades, struggle with reading, comprehension and mathematics. While it has become imperative to tackle the learning ...

More than half of 10-year-olds in most middle-income East Asia and Pacific countries are unable to read and understand an age-appropriate text. Strong skills cannot be built on weak foundations. And ...

AT the start of every year, I attend our high school reunion — not merely out of nostalgia, but out of habit and, ...

For years, the lingua franca for desktop computers was the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a.k.a. Basic. Essentially every PC had it, and just about anyone could learn to program ...

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2018—The World Bank Group and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE)* approved today a grant totaling $100 million to improve learning outcomes within the first two ...