Learning, marginalization, and improving the quality of education in low-income countries [electronic resource] / Edited by Daniel A. Wagner, Nathan M. Castillo, Suzanne Grant Lewis.

Includes index.

Preface Contents Contributor Biographies Acknowledgements Introduction / Daniel A. Wagner 1. Diversity and Equity in Education: Policy, Practice, and Options for Reaching Children at the Bottom of the Pyramid / Lauren Pisani and Amy Jo Dowd 2. Education on the Move: How Migration Affects Learning Outcomes / Jo Kelcey, Ozen Guven and Dana Burde 3. Teaching at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Teacher Education in Poor and Marginalized Communities / Kwame Akyeampong 4. Improving the Impact of Educational Technologies on Learning Within Low-Income Contexts / Nathan M. Castillo, Taskeen Adam and Björn Haßler 5. Reducing Inequality in Education Using "Smaller, Quicker, Cheaper" Assessments / Luis Crouch and Timothy S. Slade 6. Not All Pyramids Are the Same: Relative Learning Exclusion and Its Evolution Over Time / Dirk Van Damme, Tijana Prokic-Breuer and Stan Vermeulen 7. Financing Education at the Bottom of the Pyramid / Samer Al-Samarrai and Luis Benveniste 8. Mexico: Education and Learning at the Bottom of the Pyramid / Sylvia Schmelkes del Valle, Héctor Robles Vásquez and Annette Santos del Real 9. India: Learning in the Margin: Reflections on Indian Policies and Programs for Education of the Disadvantaged / Rangachar Govinda 10. India: Learning Challenges for the Marginalized Download Udaya Narayana Singh, Rajarshi Singh and Padmakali Banerjee 11. India: The Role of Civil Society Organizations and Scalable Technology Solutions for Marginalized Communities / Lorie Novak 12. Ivory Coast: Children at the Bottom of the Pyramid and Government Policies Download François Joseph Azoh and Zamblé Théodore Goin Bi 13. Ivory Coast: Promoting Learning Outcomes at the Bottom of the Pyramid / Kaja Jasińska and Sosthène Guei 14. Kenya: Education, Learning and Policy-Framing for Children at the Bottom of the Pyramid / Sara Ruto, Ann Gachoya and Virginia Ngindiru 15. Kenya: Free Primary and Day Secondary Education Policies and Their Contributions to Learning at the Bottom of the Pyramid / Emmanuel O. Manyasa and Mercy G. Karogo 16. Kenya: Disability and Learning at the Bottom of the Pyramid / John K. Mugo, Diana Makau and David K. Njengere 17. Kenya: Education in Marginalized Communities / Joyce Kinyanjui Afterword: The Challenge Ahead for Learning at the Bottom of the Pyramid / Rachel Hinton and Asyia Kazmi List of Illustrations List of Tables Index.

"Improving learning evidence and outcomes for those most in need in developing countries is at the heart of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG4). This timely volume brings together contributions on current empirical research and analysis of emerging trends that focus on improving the quality of education through better policy and practice, particularly for those who need improved 'learning at the bottom of the pyramid' (LBOP). This volume brings together academic research experts, government officials and field-based practitioners. National and global experts present multiple broad thematic papers - ranging from the effects of migration and improving teaching to the potential of educational technologies, and better metrics for understanding and financing education. In addition, local experts, practitioners and policymakers describe their own work on LBOP issues being undertaken in Kenya, India, Mexico and Ivory Coast. The contributors argue persuasively that learning equity is a moral imperative, but also one that will have educational, economic and social impacts. They further outline how achieving SDG4 will take renewed and persistent effort by stakeholders to use better measurement tools to promote learning achievement among poor and marginalized children. This volume builds on the second international conference on Learning at the Bottom of the Pyramid (LBOP2). It will be an indispensable resource for policymakers, researchers and government thinktanks, and local experts, as well as any readers interested in the implementation of learning equity across the globe."--Publisher's website.