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A letter to America from the 1.5 billion kids in 185 countries from around the world who also aren’t in school right now. 

Felicia Dahlquist, Director of Academics and Evaluation, Impact Network, reflects on the top 10 moments from the GSF Annual Meeting in Nairobi 2019

From Nairobi to Nepal: Global Schools Forum characterized by its delegates’ passion and experience.

The Global Schools Forum (GSF) Annual Meeting, now in its fourth year, took place from 15 - 17 May 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya – for the first time in a country where GSF has members. As one of the cornerstones of GSF, the Annual Meeting is part of our commitment to connect and provide support to great school operators and intermediary organisations from around the world.

Pablo Jaramillo on education as the most powerful tool to combat inequality in Colombia

In this blog, learn from Adam Nichols on his unexpected journey to start low-cost schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Gonzalo Galdos on the power of soft skills and a positive education environment

GSF’s role, in part, is to foster learning experiences between and among members which will ultimately help and strengthen their efforts. To that end, GSF piloted a Peer Review process, with the ultimate goal of replicating the process across the GSF membership.

The pandemic has negatively affected the learning and well-being of 95% of school children across the world, exacerbating the learning crisis that already existed in many parts of the world. Many children will now never reach expected levels for literacy, mathematics and socio-emotional skills, and many will not return to school. The worst affected are lower income households and vulnerable groups, including girls and children in rural locations.

As GSF becomes an independent charity our Chief Executive Officer Aashti Zaidi Hai reflects on what we’ve learnt from our first 4 years as a network organisation.

Lessons from the GSF-Dignitas partnership. Looking back at 2021, Dignitas Executive Director Deborah Kimathi reflects on her collaboration with GSF on “Supporting the Evolving Needs of Teachers” and draws out four markers of great collaboration. 

Global Schools Forum (GSF), in partnership with Dignitas, recently concluded a learning series on supporting the evolving needs of teachers. Through this series, aimed at identifying key challenges faced by teachers as schools reopen, we focused on the critical linkages between teacher and student well-being and identified strategies that schools can adopt to support both groups.