Improving children’s lives with evidence in education

Why is evidence so important in education solutions? How is evidence incorporated into large-scale educational solutions? How can evidence lead to greater equity in education? In this episode, Nina first speaks to Vicky Colbert, from Colombia. Vicky is the founder of Fundación Escuela Nueva, an NGO that has shaped the way multigrade classrooms operate. Vicky tells Nina how they use evidence to ensure their work is effective, equitable, and scalable. Evidence improves outcomes, by showing what works and what doesn’t work. Teachers are the agents of change in their solution, as they get together to learn. Vicky says that “teachers sometimes learn more from other teachers than from experts”. Next, Nina meets Karen Levesque, Head of Research at Imagine Worldwide. Imagine Worldwide is an NGO making education accessible through technology and self-directed learning. They strongly believed that personalised EdTech had the potential to make a difference in Sub-Saharan Africa, but they wanted to prove it could make a difference before implementing their solution. “Having an evidence base can help schools and systems decide: what is best for our children?” Karen says. Both NGOs are winners of the 2024 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes , in recognition of institutions and individuals implementing evidence-based solutions aimed at promoting child development and learning in practice. Join the Teachers' Voices WhatsApp group and read the community guidelines . Guests and resources Vicky Colbert : LinkedIn , X Fundación Escuela Nueva: website , Facebook , YouTube Karen Levesque : LinkedIn Imagine Worldwide: website , short introduction video , LinkedIn , Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter

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Improving children’s lives with evidence in education is an episode from Teachers' Voices by BOLD and Nina Alonso.

This episode is 25:35 long.

This episode was published on May 26, 2025.

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