Case Studies

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Cultivating Classroom Excellence: Insights from Vimenti Schools' Wanda Hall

After 12 years in school leadership in New York, Wanda was drawn back to the barrios of San Juan by the vision of Vimenti Schools. Vimenti believes that eradicating poverty in Puerto Rico requires a multigenerational approach so that as children are gaining the academic skills they need for a life of choice and opportunity, their families are simultaneously creating a stronger financial and socio-emotional safety net under and around them.

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Educating Through Adversity: A Call for Compassion and Collaboration

For the last five years, Samira has led One World’s in-country work in Israel focusing on developing leaders and teachers in underperforming schools. To bring about enduring change, Samira and her team worked to establish a culture of coaching and feedback between teachers and administrators.

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Positive Framing in Tajikistan

The USAID Learn Together Activity (LTA) in Tajikistan is expanding on considerable impact in developing approaches to the teaching of reading in primary schools through the USAID Read with Me (RWM) project.

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Think-Pair-Share in Tajikistan

The USAID Learn Together Activity (LTA) in Tajikistan is expanding on considerable impact in developing approaches to the teaching of reading in primary schools through the USAID Read with Me (RWM) project.

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