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27 June 2025
LEVANTE opens 2025 Call for Proposals
The Jacobs Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 Call for Proposals under our Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE) initiative, offering up to USD 5 million in research funding to deepen understanding of how children l…
News
16 June 2025
Reimagining evidence use in Community-led Learning Ecosystems
A new learning brief and in-depth report from the Jacobs Foundation, developed in collaboration with On Think Tanks, explore how Community-led Learning Ecosystems (CLLEs) are using evidence to improve education outcomes in context-specific and sus…
Newsletter
12 June 2025
What We Learn: summer edition
The latest What We Learn newsletter is here! In this edition, we share highlights from the launch of SCALE in Ghana, the expansion of LEVANTE’s global research network, and the research proposals developed by Young Scholars at our annual conferenc…
News
9 June 2025
SCALE garners global attention as a model for education system transformation
The launch of the System Change Architecture for Learning Excellence (SCALE) in Ghana has captured international attention, with key media and thought leaders spotlighting the initiative’s potential to transform education systems through strategic…
News
28 May 2025
The Jacobs Foundation announces SCALE: a landmark initiative to transform education in Ghana
The Jacobs Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the System Change Architecture for Learning Excellence (SCALE)—a groundbreaking multi-stakeholder initiative designed to strengthen education systems and improve learning outcomes in Ghana…
News
21 May 2025
UNICEF report highlights the factors driving school success in Côte d’Ivoire
Supported by the Jacobs Foundation, UNICEF has published a new report uncovering the factors that are driving stronger learning outcomes in certain schools in Côte d’Ivoire, despite similar conditions with schools that are performing less well. P…
News
8 May 2025
LEVANTE welcomes first cohort of participating sites to global research network
The Jacobs Foundation is pleased to announce the first cohort of participating sites selected to join the Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE)—its flagship global initiative focused on advancing our understanding of children’s lear…
Op-Eds
1 May 2025
Learning as a survival strategy: Insights from Donika Dimovska
At a time when the world faces growing challenges and increasingly constrained resources, learning is not a luxury—it is a survival strategy. In a new opinion piece for Alliance magazine, Donika Dimovska, Chief Knowledge Officer at the Jacobs Fou…
News
29 April 2025
Jacobs group simplifies organizational structure
The Jacobs Foundation, one of the world’s leading foundations supporting child development and evidence-based education, and Jacobs Holding, a leading professional investment firm, will transition from a historically intertwined setup to bec…