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January 11, 2025Article

Love Teaching to Inspire Love of Learning

Providing the best education possible for every child requires teachers and officials to be intrinsically motivated and effective role models for the foundations of lifelong learning. Today, more children and adolescents are enrolled in school…
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A New Era of Safety and Student Empowerment in Buyanja Secondary School 
November 6, 20240Article, Uganda

A New Era of Safety and Student Empowerment in Buyanja Secondary School 

In Kibaale district Uganda, Buyanja Secondary School had long struggled with issues of safety and outdated infrastructure. For years, students attended classes in a condemned block, a structure that fell far short of national standards.…
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Using AI for data collection
August 12, 2024Article, Indonesia

Using AI for data collection

Our team in Indonesia has experimented with an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to enhance the collection and analysis of qualitative data from teachers and school leaders. Working in partnership with Fortell.ai and Bakti Barito Foundation,…
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Marching for quality education
July 13, 2024Article, Uganda

Marching for quality education

Our Uganda team was delighted to participate today in the ‘Marching for Quality Education 2024’ conference, an annual event co-organised by Business Friends Africa and STiR Education at Mengo Secondary School. The conference was dedicated…
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What is teacher agency, and how can it improve education around the world?
April 11, 2024Article

What is teacher agency, and how can it improve education around the world?

This was originally written by Brad Olsen and John McIntosh for The Brookings Institution. Click here to read on The Brookings Institution Blog. Teacher agency and how teachers are supported within education policy decisions affect whether…
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A focus on nurses and teachers is key to transforming India’s health and education sectors. Here’s why
October 14, 2023Article, India

A focus on nurses and teachers is key to transforming India’s health and education sectors. Here’s why

This was originally written by Minha Khan, Mark Butcher and Sumbul Siddiqui for UNESCO World Education Blog. Click here to read on the World Education Blog. The COVID-19 pandemic taught us so much, including by…
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Rethinking Scaling: A Reverse Gaze Approach
September 28, 2023Article

Rethinking Scaling: A Reverse Gaze Approach

This was originally written by John McIntosh for the UKFIET – The Education and Development Forum.  The education sector has made rapid progress in recent years in understanding ‘what works’ in the scaling of educational…
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What is STiR’S impact?
August 3, 2023Article

What is STiR’S impact?

  Purpose This document summarises STiR’s impact over the past decade It starts by offering a brief summary of our learning, before breaking down our impact at different levels (children, teachers, officials, system) with the…
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How does STiR work with governments to scale and sustain?
July 25, 2023Article

How does STiR work with governments to scale and sustain?

Scaling and sustainability are core to our organisational strategy. It is key that we identify ways in which our work can be successfully embedded into the systems in which we work. This document summarises how…
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Motivating your team means letting go
July 17, 2023Article

Motivating your team means letting go

This was originally written by Jo Owen for the Financial Times.  For the past eight years, STiR Education, of which I am a co-founder, has been putting in place the conditions to help millions of…
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