The 2026 What Works Hub for Global Education Conference explores foundational learning policy & programme implementation in the Global South.

On this week’s show: How to implement the results of education research at a global scale, and whether mind-altering rituals drove pre-Inca societies to new heights

Education researchers should move beyond small, tightly controlled studies and focus much more heavily on how effective programmes can be implemented by governments at scale, according to a new analys...

As pupils across the UK return to the classroom this September, Dr Noam Angrist, Academic Director of the What Works Hub for Global Education and Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Gove...

Education systems can use particular type of mobile phone tutoring to maintain and improve children’s learning during major disruptions such as school closures, which affect hundreds of millions of ch...

The learning crisis is an equity crisis on a global scale, in which low learning levels are both influenced by and contribute to severe global inequality. Inspired by research in Malawi, this blog…

A new J-PAL Policy Insight reviewing 30 studies across low- and middle-income countries finds that mobile phones can improve student learning, teacher performance, and parental engagement, but only when paired with interactive, two-way pedagogy rather than one-way messaging.

A new J-PAL Policy Insight reviewing 30 studies across low- and middle-income countries finds that mobile phones can improve student learning, teacher performance, and parental engagement, but only wh...

A new J-PAL Policy Insight reviewing 30 studies across low- and middle-income countries finds that mobile phones can improve student learning, teacher performance, and parental engagement, but only wh...

This blog summarises What Works Hub for Global Education's engagements at the Education World Forum (EWF) 2026, including discussions with government delegations, an education evidence labs (Ed Labs)…

The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM), conducted across six Southeast Asian countries, measures learning outcomes at the end of primary school and provides valuable insights into…

Teachers with disabilities remains a 'missing link' in achieving inclusive education for all. This blog discusses the implications of their invisibility for implementation science research.

What is the best way of implementing targeted instruction in practice? This piece draws on the latest evidence and experience to inform this question and operationalise several core components.

Mobile phones are a scalable, low-cost platform to improve learning by engaging students, teachers, and parents in hard-to-reach settings.