Using Learning Through Play to Empower Teachers and Students in Ghana
Strong partnerships and collaborating with effective organizations are key components to tackling the complex global issues we seek to improve at the IDP Foundation, Inc. (IDPF).
Action-Packed TFET Training Makes Professional Development Fun for Teachers
An integral portion of the TFET program are the in-person trainings that consist of a two-tier “train the trainer” model in which a group of “master teachers” completes the first tier of training, and then replicates the experience to their fellow teachers at their schools.
Raising Teachers’ Self Esteem and Inspiring More Child-Friendly Classrooms in Ghana
In the opening of a video entitled Practical Ways to Make the Classroom Creative and Fun, “Sesame Street” Muppets Zobi and Kami are playing a new song for their favorite teacher, Ms. Efia, slapping out the rhythm on a drum.
T is for…Teachers!
The second phase of the partnership between Sesame Workshop and IDP Foundation, Inc. on the Techniques for Effective Teaching series is in full swing!
GCE and the Straw Man: A response to the Global Campaign for Education report “Private Profit, Public Loss – why the push for low-fee private schools is throwing quality education off track”
The Global Campaign for Education has been a powerhouse of education advocacy over the years, bringing together networks of campaigners from the grassroots in the poorest countries to the UN General Assembly, advocating for Education for All. GCE has made the world a better place, but I would be remiss if I did not share my disappointment with their latest report: ‘Private Profit, Public Loss - why the push for low-fee private schools is throwing quality education off track’ (GCE, 2016).
IDP Foundation Grantee “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” Documentary Film Has Breakout Year
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise has had a breakout year. As the first documentary to center on Dr. Angelou’s life and work, excitement around its release was only to be expected.
Rising Schools Program Success Story: Focusing on Teacher Training
Christiana Adu Kyeremeh is the proprietor of Chris Academy in the Abesim community of Sunyani, Ghana. She participated in the IDP Rising Schools Program’s teacher and proprietor training in May 2014.
Dr. Patrick Awuah Named 2015 MacArthur Fellow
Congratulations to Ashesi University President, Dr. Patrick Awuah, who has recently been named as one of the twenty-four recipients of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship!
Will a Teacher Crisis Prevent Accomplishment of the MDGs and EFA?
The education sector is experiencing a teacher crisis that if left unaddressed could prevent some United Nations member states from meeting the universal primary education and quality goals put forth.
Sesame Workshop Up to IDP Foundation, Inc.’s Challenge
The IDP Rising Schools Program has proven that through carefully tailored loan products accompanied by specialized training in financial literacy and school management, very poor private schools in Ghana are bankable. Now, the IDP Foundation, Inc. has turned its attention to improving the quality of teaching in these low-cost private schools, whose teachers are largely untrained and have little access to professional development opportunities.