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🔴Ne manquez pas notre séminaire scientifique en ligne ! A 17h, nous accueillons Andy de Barros de UC Irvine, qui présentera son travail sur l’impact d’un programme qui vise à soutenir la remédiation scolaire en mathématiques d'élèves. 📹us02web.zoom.us/j/87936176799

🗓 Mark your Calendars! We are discussing how to support teachers better in TaRL programs in the 2nd ep of #TaRLTalks — TaRL Africa's webinar series. Speakers include experts from Busara Center The Brookings Institution, TaRL Africa & UC Irvine. Register now: bit.ly/EmpwrEducators

📣 The #EdDev community group AEFP will meet tomorrow, Fri (05/10) at 11am ET! Naureen Karachiwalla, PhD 🇵🇸 + James Allen IV will present their work in progress; Stephen Owusu + PRERNA DOKANIA will discuss. DM me if you need an invite.

Don't miss out on our upcoming TaRL Talks webinar series titled Empowering Educators:  Insights on Effective Teacher Support for TaRL from Research and Practice! Join us as we explore the pivotal role of teacher support. Register here: bit.ly/4dcEpy6 #TaRLTalks

The State of Development Journals 2024: Quality, Acceptance Rates, Review Times, and What’s New - my annual post on submission numbers, etc. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

Here's another interesting paper on the NGO-effect in RCTs. The NGO-effect is one reason why findings from RCTs often do not scale. This one here is on an educational program in China. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

✨ Check out live quotes from the "Global Evidence for Egypt Spotlight Seminar on Digital Learning." For more, watch the full event on J-PAL's YouTube. This event was held in partnership with UNICEF Egypt.

Please find below the links to the DECRG difference-in-difference course held on June 7, 10, and 11: Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=… Introduction: youtube.com/watch?v=BM7QNx… Day 1: youtube.com/watch?v=PWxjqK… Day 2: youtube.com/watch?v=FjD2qC…

NEW working paper: Early childhood programs w/ home visits & play (like Jamaica program) can work. But translating to v. poor contexts & reaching scale is hard. We (Moussa P. Blimpo Pedro Carneiro Jervis & Lahire) study approaches to this problem in Gambia. 1/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

📢 New EdWorkingPaper: Automated parenting advice calls had mixed results, highlighting the complexities of tech-based interventions in developing settings. 🔍 Authors: Irma Arteaga, Andy de Barros, and @aganimian 📖 Full text: edworkingpapers.com/index.php/ai24…

📢The Education Division at Inter-American Development Bank is hiring Education Specialists/Senior Associates. Join our team to lead policy dialogues, manage lending operations, and provide technical assistance to education systems in the LAC region. Apply and share! iadbcareers.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/operation…

The Weiss Fund is accepting research proposals from students, junior faculty and recent PhD grads until September 1. More information at weissfund.uchicago.edu and self-nomination form at devinnovlab.wufoo.com/forms/weiss-fu…

📣 The #EdDev community group AEFP 2024-25 Updates! Todd Pugatch and I are excited to co-chair this year! We will meet online on the second Friday of every month at 11am ET. Two presenters will share their work-in-progress followed by quick reflections from two volunteers.

The AEFP EdDev (Scholars of Education in Developing Countries) Community Group fall season kicks off this Friday Sept 13 at 11am ET! Join us to hear Serena Canaan & Josep Nadal-Fernandez present work in progress. All are welcome! Contact me for Zoom link.

P.S. while the blog post links to it, I should also link directly to the working paper: documents.worldbank.org/en/publication…

UCI's School of Education is hiring in the area of higher education. Candidates may use a broad set of methods, including econometrics, psychometrics, learning analytics, mixed methods, and qualitative research to inform evidence-based policy making. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09337

PostDoc posting: Sabrin Beg Christina Brown #JimBerry Dr Anne Fitzpatrick & I are hiring a 18 month post-doc for a super rad development/education project in India. In person NBER or virtual. Jan 10 preferred start. Apply now! (and/or pls share) aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Shorter school weeks are sometimes pitched as a way to keep staff, but in Oregon, they led to higher teacher turnover, while non-teaching staff retention barely shifted. 🔍 Authors: Aaron Ainsworth, Emily Penner, & Yujia Liu 📄 bit.ly/3Uba9Mi

We're putting together the Winter/Spring 2025 schedule for the AEFP #EdDev community group. Sign-up to present your work-in-progress here: forms.gle/UPH5V8y1z8wqe3… Here’s the link to join the listserv for the group and stay updated: aefpweb.org/content.asp?co… Todd Pugatch

Congratulations to Santiago Ojeda-Ramirez Juan Camilo Cristancho Andy de Barros from UCIEducation and Kelley Fong from UC Irvine Sociology!