The police arriving too late is a familiar trope in fiction. Does research have the same problem? Many well-intentioned programs provide laptops in schools to improve learning among poor students.

J-PAL showcases 3 key findings from our work on phone tutoring during school disruptions, as part of its 20 for 20: Partner Voices blog series.

Since 2017, we have been partnering with the government of Botswana to implement a remedial education program, TaRL, with the aim of scaling to all public schools in the country. Five strategies played an important role in helping to identify, cultivate, and maintain relationships with champions who invested time and resources into the program.

Successful scaling of education initiatives requires the effective coordination and collaboration of many individuals.

Looking ahead, how can the development community renew momentum and broaden bases of support for impact evaluation and the wider evidence agenda?

The COVID-19 pandemic placed enormous pressure on education systems worldwide. At the peak of the crisis, school closures forced over 1.6 billion learners out of classrooms. This exacerbated a learning crisis that existed before the pandemic, with many children in school but learning very little.

We’ve been thrilled at the overwhelmingly positive response to our publication in the June issue of Nature Human Behaviour, one of the world’s leading peer-reviewed scientific journals.

SPC's Social Impact Fellows get the chance to show off how they're helping people exert more agency over their lives.

Creative remote education can make up for learning lost during school disruptions.

A Spanish-language literature review on the effects of remote tutoring as a cost-effective solution for accelerating learning.