Marla Spivack

Social Protection & Education @WorldBank. Former @riseprogramme, @HarvardBSC, & @IDinsight'er. Economics, development, policy etc. Views my own.

[Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) @riseprogramme]

📢 The 2023 Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Annual Conference Call for Papers is now available!
📅 Submissions close 26 May
📃 Conference page: https://t.co/Lile7OMe3s
🗣️ Call for papers (PDF): https://t.co/l7PVvsFz6v
📨 Submission form: https://t.co/2odx7RhuOv

[Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) @riseprogramme]

*NEW BLOG* Shifting from Schooling to Learning: How ASER Shaped India’s Education Discourse and Policy by Measuring Learning

✍️ Rastee Chaudhry
➡️ https://t.co/95QFEpf8LA

This blog discusses how India’s education landscape aligned to RISE second action of ‘measure learning'

[Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) @riseprogramme]

📢 Webinar starting now: "The RISE Education Systems Diagnostic: A Tool for Identifying Strategic Priorities for Education System Reform”

It’s not too late to register! ➡️ https://t.co/CmcEJU4AAm

Or follow along with this 🧵 to keep up!

[Marla Spivack @MarlaSpivack]

@thesamasher i took calc iii from abroad via U of North Dakota. was set up like a correspondence course 100% asynchronous. covered all the content I needed for my masters, it was affordable, and HKS accepted the credits. support was limited, so it helped to have a friend tutor me a bit.

[Marla Spivack @MarlaSpivack]

Great to see my beloved Union Square (the best square imo) getting some well deserved attention from the @washingtonpost https://t.co/uf9pQzyjez

[CSEA Africa @csea_afric]

🕢Day 2 of our conversations for the @riseprogramme continues today at 2pm.
The discussions will focus on harnessing community aspirations through governmental policies.
#education #sdg4

[Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) @riseprogramme]

📢 The 2022 Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Annual Conference Call for Papers is now available!
📅 Submissions close 1 April
📃 Conference page: https://t.co/opC6K2Su4e
🗣️ Call for papers (PDF): https://t.co/YwWqOrE8dm
📨 Submission form: https://t.co/Vm0ZKYTdy6

[Ricardo Sabates @RSabates72]

We are looking for a doctoral or post-doctoral researcher to support us during the final stage of our RISE Ethiopia project. Details here: https://t.co/qqAsv63OQu @REAL_Centre @CamEdFac @riseprogramme

[Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) @riseprogramme]

*NEW INSIGHT* Funda Wande through the Lens of PDIA: Showcasing a Flexible and Iterative Learning Approach to Improving Educational Outcomes

✍️ Salimah Samji, Mansi Kapoor

➡️ https://t.co/BpxS6yE2hQ

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[Marla Spivack @MarlaSpivack]

How can we think about creating teacher career paths that are coherent with learning goals? My @riseprogramme colleagues Yue-Yi Hwa and Lant Pritchett set out principles for an empowered & effective teaching profession in their new primer: https://t.co/oAZTwrYLIG

[Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) @riseprogramme]

*NEW BOOK* Rewriting the Grammar of the #Education System: Delhi’s Education Reform
(A Tale of Creative Resistance and Creative Disruption)

✍️ Yamini Aiyar (@AiyarYamini), Vincy Davis (@VincyDavis), Gokulnath Govindan, & Taanya Kapoor

➡️ https://t.co/8vqHLDB2JV

[Yamini Aiyar @AiyarYamini]

On the education emergency that is putting an opportunities an entire generation and more at risk. I remain baffled by our collective refusal to prioritise the education of our children when all else is open. There is still time, we can fix this, if we care to. In HT today

[Daniel Suryadarma @dsuryadarma]

Around two more weeks until submission deadline! Apply if you are working on education in Southeast Asia

[Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) @riseprogramme]

📢RISE Diagnostic Framework pilot project info events to be held on 28 October (14:00 BST) and 1 November (10:00 GMT). Registration is required; click the links below to sign up for your chosen date:

28 October
➡️https://t.co/mBdv2GSkJd

1 November
➡️https://t.co/Ahff3KlkBZ

[Marla Spivack @MarlaSpivack]

@Kosherqueen_ Actually just found the jar with my Tupperware. It was the Wegman’s brand!

[Marla Spivack @MarlaSpivack]

@Kosherqueen_ I once found this at wegmans. Can’t remember the brand but it exists!

[Joan DeJaeghere @dejaeg]

It's nice to have a conversation about qualitative research on teachers and teaching in the @riseprogramme. Vu @UMN_CEHD and I talk about how teaching can result in good learning, and it can also perpetuate inequities in VN.
Joan DeJaeghere and Vu Dao https://t.co/WlWxyNWAHk

[Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) @riseprogramme]

Have you visited https://t.co/nKZI5FmPTx - the education systems wiki? We've compiled and synthesised a wealth of information related to education systems research from across the RISE Programme and beyond. Have a look and tell us what you think!

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

Yesterday was the first day of the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) 2021 annual conference! Four hours of presentations and discussion on innovative education research!

https://t.co/lPOwi9BrSm

Did you miss it? Let me catch you up.

[thread] #RISEConf2021

[Marla Spivack @MarlaSpivack]

Great job opportunity to work for the brilliant @christinalbrown on her research on education in South Asia.

[Christina Brown @christinalbrown]

JOB OPPORTUNITY: I'm hiring a full time RA in Chicago to assist in the implementation and analysis of large scale research projects studying educational attainment and employment in South Asia.

Data cleaning, analysis and impact evaluation experience required.