The HEA has been fortunate enough to work with a growing number of education innovators who are dedicated to reaching the most marginalized learners with quality education solutions. Bringing these solutions to scale requires commitment, flexibility, energy and buy-in from a diverse range of stakeholders at different points and for…

Read about the HEA’s strategic partnership with NYU Global TIES for Children and how it is helping us take the HEA’s capacity building programme to the next level Education enables people to acquire the skills to thrive, defined by Nobel Prize-recipient Amartya Sen as ‘the freedom to make choices and…

Written in collaboration with War Child Holland, War Child Jordan and NYU Global Ties Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic we have seen a significant increase in the number of online tools and digital learning programmes being rolled out globally. …

We are profiling the innovations of our three HEA Stage 3 teams. Here we learn about a community-led, holistic approach to early childhood development. 2021 was the most challenging year ever faced by iACT. The entire iACT community was devastated by the tragic accident that took the lives of iACT…

We are profiling the innovations of our three HEA Stage 3 teams. Here we look at a refugee-led approach to supporting children with disabilities. Written by Sophie Lashford [Note: Xavier Project has become Cohere in an exciting new step that sees the team join forces with the NGO Urban Refugees…

We are profiling the innovations of our final three teams. Here we take a deep dive into how Madrasati is using school spaces to transform educational experiences in Jordan. Written by Sophie Lashford In 2014, the Madrasati team were taking a short but well-earned break. They’d been tirelessly renovating over…

On the 23rd November, a tragic car accident took the lives of Katie-Jay Scott and Gabriel Stauring from iACT. iACT had recently been announced as one of the final three teams on the HEA; we have been intensively working with them for the last year, through a relationship that dates…

In November 2021, iACT Executive Director, Katie-Jay Scott and Founder, Gabriel Stauring were tragically killed in a car accident. The day before, Gabriel had met with our team to talk about the HEA-finalist programme, Little Ripples. The early childhood programme piloted in Eastern Chad in 2013, co-created with Darfuri refugees…

Reflections on multi-stage testing from the pre-pilot of a Gamified Learning Measurement Tool Earlier this year, we gathered a small group of children in Jordan together to test out a new digital learning assessment. It was a moment of fun and excitement for them and they were happy to play…