Learning

USAID’s Accelerated Quality Education for Liberian Children brought accelerated learning to out-of-school children ages 8–15. Look back on lessons learned and see how a Rapid Education and Risk Analysis helped the project.

Even before South Sudan gained independence in 2011, education improved significantly. The return to war in December 2013, however, eroded many of the improvements in access to and quality of education.

Research by FHI360 shows that the likelihood of experiencing violent conflict doubles in places with high education inequality between ethnic and religious groups. Inequitable access to quality education makes the world less safe.

School-to-School International and ECCN raise pertinent questions and spark discussion on measurement standards in crisis and conflict zones.

ECCN’s conflict-sensitive education Training of Trainers featured INEE’s Conflict Sensitive Education Pack.

Case studies in Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and Dadaab in Northeast Kenya highlight how to adhere to the Accelerated Education Working Group’s Accelerated Education Principles for Effective Practice.

ECCN’s foundational course, Essentials for Education in Crisis and Conflict, focuses here on the Latin America and Caribbean region. They are joined by field practitioners from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

"My mother was born and raised in Aleppo. My maternal family roots are deeply tied to the past 150 years of Syria’s history. Watching the annihilation of Aleppo has been heart-wrenching, as have the images appearing daily on our televisions."