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Academy for Educational Development, 2012
Transitions between education cycles represent one of the greatest hazards for girls in their educational journey throughout the developing world. It is not uncommon across sub-Saharan Africa for girls' secondary enrollment rates to drop 75% from primary enrollment rates. Between the secondary level and the tertiary level, enrollment rates often…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Developing Nations, Transitional Programs
Rogers Poliakoff, Anne; Dailey, Caitlin Rose; White, Robin – Academy for Educational Development, 2011
The purpose of this report is to document evidence of institutional change in teacher preparation among universities participating in the Teachers for a New Era (TNE) Learning Network. The report is based upon a cross-case analysis of individual case studies of nine universities, conducted by Academy for Educational Development (AED) researchers.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Development, Colleges, Organizational Change
Academy for Educational Development, 2009
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) has many opportunities to apply expertise and creativity to the solution of perplexing human problems. It is much more rare, however, to find oneself at the nexus of a set of opportunities that make it possible to make a greater contribution than the original objective. Macedonia's commitment to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Quality, Elementary Education
DeStefano, Joseph; Moore, Audrey-Marie Schuh; Balwanz, David; Hartwell, Ash – Academy for Educational Development, 2007
Many countries that have undergone expansion of access to public education still face significant disparities in school enrollment and attendance rates at sub-national levels, and fail to reach a high proportion of children who are outside of the government system. Completion and student learning have also continued to be system-wide challenges…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Systems Development
Montane, Angelica; Chesterfield, Ray – Academy for Educational Development, 2005
This document summarizes the results obtained by the AprenDes project in 2004, the project's first year of implementation. It provides the principal findings on program performance from a baseline in May 2004 to the end of the school year (late October 2004). Progress on a number of project objectives related to decentralized school- and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Educational Policy
Mulkeen, Aidan; Chapman, David W.; DeJaeghere, Joan G. – Academy for Educational Development, 2005
Expanding and rethinking the nature of secondary education in Sub-Saharan African countries, traditionally reserved for elites and few others, are becoming crucial to successful individual and national participation in the global economy. As governments and donors turn their attention increasingly to secondary education, policies are being…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Secondary Education, Retraining, Program Effectiveness