By All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development
Launched in 2011, as a partnership between USAID, World Vision and the Australian Government, All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) has established itself as a sandbox for innovation and a leader in EdTech for literacy. We support innovators in developing, implementing, and scaling game-changing solutions, tools and approaches to address gaps and barriers to child literacy in and outside of school to improve reading outcomes in low-resource contexts. Since 2011, ACR GDC has awarded more than US$25 million to 90+ innovators, with 35% of the awards supporting solutions for children with disabilities. Today, we are one of the largest innovation funds focused on inclusive education.
We believe that education in the 21st century must leverage innovation and technology to help children learn to read and read to learn. Recognizing the digital divide, we envision EdTech solutions as a complement and support to existing teaching and learning materials in the classroom. EdTech should be considered and applied if it provides access to education for a child who didn't have access before, significantly lowers the cost of providing access as compared to the status quo, and significantly increases relevant learning outcomes as compared to current programs. Read more of this post
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