January 24, 2024

Washington, D.C.— Today, in celebration of the International Day of Education, the Global Campaign for Education - U.S.'s partners at RESULTS released a report titled, "Building on strong foundations: The U.S. role in tackling the global learning crisis," shedding light on the steps that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) can take to strengthen the equity and impact of its investments in foundational learning. Please find a summary of the report's policy recommendations here.

In order to enhance USAID programming to improve learning outcomes and institutionalize foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN), this report finds that USAID must address the learning crisis through three tracks:

1. Sustained support for quality public sector FLN in partner countries

2. Sustainably strengthen public systems by investing in local FLN capacity-building

3. Strengthen partnerships, increase coordination, and leverage multilateral engagement to create greater FLN policy alignment

"Without targeted action, an unrelenting focus on equity, support for local leadership, and backing from agencies like USAID, hundreds of millions of children around the world will continue to be denied the foundational learning that they deserve. Now is the time to act, and this report sheds important light on steps USAID can take to strengthen the equity and impact of its investments in foundational learning." - Dr. Joanne Carter, Executive Director of RESULTS

To learn more about the report, please click here.

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The Global Campaign for Education-US (GCE-US) is a broad-based coalition of national and community-based organizations, international organizations, teacher unions, faith-based groups, and advocates dedicated to ensuring quality, inclusive, universal education for all children and youth.