Amazing week in Ghana presenting at the Ministry of Education’s National Education Week (w/@kanandubal) on the importance of in-person refresher trainings for the implementation of Differentiated Learning - joint work with @ProfALucas, @AnneFitz13, @sabrinbeg, & @poverty_action!
In Ghana, Differentiated Learning improves students’ basic English & math skills. At scale, refresher training for teachers to implement it in classrooms is needed but costly. An IPA study found that in-person training remains vital for program fidelity: https://t.co/zgvYrNcGRU
Differentiated learning holds so much promise for improving learning around the world.
See link below for research on this method
(me, with @ProfALucas@sabrinbeg and follow up work with @stephbonds )
An IPA Ghana study with @moeghofficial@UNICEF & researchers @sabrinbeg@AnneFitz13@ProfALucas show that improved monitoring & support by school principals & supervisors boosted student learning level, teaching & test scores by one-third of a school year. https://t.co/6a6A50bvXJ
Today's cool young researcher #EconTwitter is @MariaDieci@EmoryRollins who works on topics related to child development, family planning + malaria in LMICs
https://t.co/K4V5YpfCKp
Had an amazing time at #AES2024 in Tanzania discussing research and catching up with so many friends and colleagues from around the world! Thank you @CEGA_UC!
Had a wonderful time presenting my research @poverty_action Ghana today! 🙏🏻
Bonus to talk with our field managers who have been with us on our RCTs (with @ProfALucas and @sabrinbeg ) since 2018! 🥰 and who are helping us do new work with @stephbonds 🥳
My JMP blogpost just got published on the Center for Effective Global Action (@CEGA_UC) blog :https://t.co/JJM7HI5hLj
Full paper on my website (https://t.co/hXhfEalX6n)
Really interesting work by @mzmehmood that looks at the demand for and effectiveness of SMS-based business trainings via a RCT with Kenyan micro-entrepreneurs.
Many thanks to @econthatmatters for featuring my JMP blogpost! I study the demand for and potential of SMS-based business trainings for improving outcomes for micro-entrepreneurs in low income settings. Full paper on my website for those interested: https://t.co/WmJ3O14x8T
Many thanks to @econthatmatters for featuring my JMP blogpost! I study the demand for and potential of SMS-based business trainings for improving outcomes for micro-entrepreneurs in low income settings. Full paper on my website for those interested: https://t.co/WmJ3O14x8T
Deworming improves lives across generations.
Last month on VoxDev, @tedmiguel @berkeleyecon, Eric Ochieng @poverty_action & Michael Walker @CEGA_UC outlined takeaways from data tracking children in Kenya since receiving deworming treatment ~20 years ago: https://t.co/9uDKuJU30B
Here's my regular reminder that @AnnaPopovas & I studied cash transfers in many countries, & people don't use the money for alcohol/tobacco. https://t.co/ntKiC8fWEm
Banerjee & others studied a bunch of cash programs & found they don't discourage work. https://t.co/oa3W42gi0j
How can sharing stigmatized mental health information be more effective? Today's blog post by @emma_c_smith2 shows (with 2 RCTs!) that, in the context of refugees, providing a "social cover" works & that community can help making targeting more effective https://t.co/OJjhXIoux9