From Classrooms to Systems: Ten Years of Joyful Learning in Ethiopia
Many education programs that work in a few hundred classrooms falter in a few thousand. Researchers call it "voltage drop": as a program scales, training gets thinner, support stretches further, and learning gains decline. How can an effective foundational learning...
Building Better Evidence by Inviting Debate: Reflections from the Inaugural Bilingual Advisory Council Convening
By: Meredith McCormac, Director of Programs, Luminos Fund When we launched the Bilingual Boost program, funded by the Gates Foundation, we set out to explore a challenging question: How can education systems help children successfully learn to read and understand...
Luminos Fund and Philanthropic Partners Mobilize $50 Million for Global Education
Commitment announced during the UN General Assembly week will support country-led efforts to expand joyful and impactful foundational learning for vulnerable children. New York, September 21, 2026 — The Luminos Fund, an international nonprofit helping the...
To Solve the Literacy Crisis, We Must Aim High
By: Kirsty Newman and Anisha Mansingh A new paper from the Center for Global Development (CGD) examines how the sector measures impact in foundational literacy programs. Drawing on data from nearly 200 studies, the paper argues that standardized effect sizes in...
New Impact Results Show Structured Pedagogy Is Improving Literacy at Scale in Ethiopia
In Sidama, Ethiopia, Luminos scaled a structured pedagogy program fivefold. In Tigray, it introduced the model for the first time. Luminos’ newest impact report, published for International Literacy Day, details the results from all 950 classrooms across both...
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