2024 saw the launch of Colombia Evidencia Potencial en Educación, a public-private partnership dedicated to strengthening Colombia’s public education system by leveraging local public and philanthropic resources. The program aims to create evidence-based solutions to address pressing educational challenges by uniting researchers, policymakers, and educators, and demonstrates how tailored local solutions can drive national education policy priorities.
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Looking back on 2024: Five impactful moments that shaped the year
19 December 2024
2024 has been an incredible year of learning and collaborating for the Jacobs Foundation. Together with our partners, we’ve been leading in funding evidence on learning, scaling sustainable education solutions through public-private partnerships, and influencing education policies globally.
Next year marks 2025, halfway towards the Sustainable Development Goals deadline to achieve quality education for all children. We are excited to continue to work with our education colleagues and partners from around the world , sharing learning outreach through BOLD and the Digital Museum of Learning, and facilitating the generation of high-quality research through our fellowships and networks.
1. Launching Colombia Evidencia Potencial en Educación
2. Joining forces with the What Works Hub for Global Education
The Jacobs Foundation joined the What Works Hub for Global Education, an international and collaborative partnership between the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and USAID, among many others. This collaboration focuses on implementing large-scale education reforms in low—and middle-income countries by generating new evidence and facilitating government uptake of it. With a project planned for Ghana in 2025, the initiative aims to ensure quality education and help progress literacy and numeracy skills.
3. Convening African education ministers at the Education World Forum
At a side event at the Education World Forum in London, the Jacobs Foundation partnered with education foundations and global leaders, including education ministers from Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Under the theme “Innovative Partnerships at Scale to Achieve SDG4 in Africa,” discussions centered on unlocking sustainable education investments and the role of private sector financing. This high-level dialogue affirmed the importance of partnerships in meeting global education goals.
4. Strengthening learning variability research through LEVANTE
Our first call for proposals for the Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE) attracted over 180 applications. Launched in 2023 and coordinated by Stanford University, this initiative is a bold step toward understanding how children grow, learn, and develop in diverse contexts. By exploring learning variability, we aim to reshape approaches to education to ensure every child’s learning potential is realized.
5. Committing to evidence-based funding with the International Finance Facility for Education
We proudly supported the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFeD) in backing a historic $1.5 billion commitment to education and skills development for the world’s most vulnerable children and youth. Announced at the UN Summit of the Future, this incredible initiative tackles the dual challenges of inadequate funding and limited evidence-based approaches to education.