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Paper: Insights from General Education Evaluations (Millennium Challenge Corporation)

Evaluations show initial infrastructure investments result in significant improvements to access to schools and improved learning environments. MCC has also ...

In addition, the lack of a high-level champion to advocate for the reforms is also a key challenge to long-term success. [$73 million Improving General Education Quality Project (Education Project)](https://mcc.icpsr.umich.edu/evaluations/index.php/catalog/1125) aimed to improve the quality of public science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in grades 7-12. [Quality of Education in Support of Student Success Activity](https://mcc.icpsr.umich.edu/evaluations/index.php/catalog/216) (Quality of Education Activity) was one of three activities under the $19.3 million Guatemala Education Project. [Quality of General Education Activity (Education Activity)](https://mcc.icpsr.umich.edu/evaluations/index.php/catalog/209) and the Improving Access to and Management of Textbooks Activity (Textbook Activity) aimed to improve the quality of the Namibian workforce by enhancing the equity and effectiveness of general education. However, MCC has valuable lessons from implementation of those programs and some early findings that contribute to the body of knowledge related to general education interventions. In addition, the School Rehabilitation evaluation’s use of pairwise randomization implemented by construction phase helped mitigate risks to the evaluation due to uncertainties around the number of treatment schools and construction timelines. If MCC chooses to implement a training-of-trainers scheme in the future, the activity should begin early enough in the implementation period so that enough trainers have been trained by the end of the compact and the training has been brought to scale to increase the likelihood of success and sustainability. The evaluation found that compared to children in the control group villages, both boys and girls in NECS & IMAGINE villages and in the NECS-only villages were more likely to report school attendance on the most recent day the school was open. Fifty two percent of children in the control villages reported attending school on the most recent day, and this figure was 13.6 percentage points higher for children in NECS & IMAGINE villages and 11.1 percentage points better for the NECS only villages. In 2013, girls in the Treatment group were 11.8 percentage points more likely to be enrolled in school than those in the Control group and 10.5 percentage points less likely to have missed more than two consecutive weeks during the last year. [3](#footnote-004) (RDD) to compare children in the 132 villages selected for BRIGHT (participant group) with children in 155 villages that applied to participate in BRIGHT but were not eligible (comparison group). MCC has been able to use experimental and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate the impacts of a large share of its education investments, providing rigorous evidence in key areas.

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Moodle Partners with Higher Education for Good (Moodle)

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We’re looking to the youth themselves for inspiration and input as we design these new models, so we can make sure that education is as impactful and important as possible. Youth Talks is giving voice to young people between the ages of 15–29 years old, around the world to better understand their aspirations, the challenges they face, and how we can help them. Together with the Moodle community, we aim to make a positive impact on the world.

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Mastermind Groups Approach Education Through Alternative ... (Forbes)

Skill-based and additional learning through alternative activities is growing in popularity, even for those with degrees.

A large part of this success has come from the resolutions I made in the hospital as well as the impact of the mastermind groups. I had experienced a personal injury myself, and that trait has since helped me triple the size and revenue of my firm. One specific firm in one of the groups that joined us five years ago has gone from making $10 million a year to making over $100 million a year. The mastermind group is more of an idea-sharing platform, while Brain Trust is more my team and me coaching other firms. It totally changed my mind about my value as a person and the importance of my brand. I had the night shift and decided to ride my bike to the hospital. Clearly, I had been selling myself short—it had to change, and it did change. The first thing was that it changed my mind about the value of my practice. After recovering, I decided to return to work and start these mastermind groups, working on my brand and mentoring more people. I had 12 surgeries to try and repair the damage and ended up in the same hospital and on the same floor with my dad. The research adds that early non-formal education is a hidden area of adult learning that many contend is essential to adapt to changing environments. My father had just had surgery and was recuperating in the hospital.

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