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What Works in Girls' Education: Evidence for the World's Best Investment [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 335 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 236x191x17 mm, weight: 821 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 21-Oct-2015
  • Leidėjas: Brookings Institution
  • ISBN-10: 0815728603
  • ISBN-13: 9780815728603
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 335 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 236x191x17 mm, weight: 821 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 21-Oct-2015
  • Leidėjas: Brookings Institution
  • ISBN-10: 0815728603
  • ISBN-13: 9780815728603
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This book provides a complete understanding of the evidence on why girls’ education matters, as well as what works in educating girls. It presents easy and accessible information gleaned from hundreds of studies on girls’ education and is targeted towards academic researchers, experts on education, nongovernmental organization staff members, policymakers, and journalists. However, it is also accessible for any reader who wants to better understand the issues and help draw attention to the need for high-quality education for girls across the globe. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Hard-headed evidence on why the returns from investing in girls are so high that no nation or family can afford not to educate their girls.

Gene Sperling, author of the seminal 2004 report published by the Council on Foreign Relations, and Rebecca Winthrop, director of the Center for Universal Education, have written this definitive book on the importance of girls' education. As Malala Yousafzai expresses in her foreword, the idea that any child could be denied an education due to poverty, custom, the law, or terrorist threats is just wrong and unimaginable. More than 1,000 studies have provided evidence that high-quality girls' education around the world leads to wide-ranging returns:

Better outcomes in economic areas of growth and incomes

Reduced rates of infant and maternal mortality

Reduced rates of child marriage

Eeduced rates of the incidence of HIV/AIDS and malaria

Increased agricultural productivity

Increased resilience to natural disasters

Women's empowerment

What Works in Girls' Education is a compelling work for both concerned global citizens, and any academic, expert, nongovernmental organization (NGO) staff member, policymaker, or journalist seeking to dive into the evidence and policies on girls' education.



Hard-headed evidence on why the returns from investing in girls are so high that no nation or family can afford not to educate their girls.

Gene Sperling, author of the seminal 2004 report published by the Council on Foreign Relations, and Rebecca Winthrop, director of the Center for Universal Education, have written this definitive book on the importance of girls’ education. As Malala Yousafzai expresses in her foreword, the idea that any child could be denied an education due to poverty, custom, the law, or terrorist threats is just wrong and unimaginable. More than 1,000 studies have provided evidence that high-quality girls’ education around the world leads to wide-ranging returns:

Better outcomes in economic areas of growth and incomes

Reduced rates of infant and maternal mortality

Reduced rates of child marriage

Reduced rates of the incidence of HIV/AIDS and malaria

Increased agricultural productivity

Increased resilience to natural disasters

Women’s empowerment

What Works in Girls’ Education is a compelling work for both concerned global citizens, and any academic, expert, nongovernmental organization (NGO) staff member, policymaker, or journalist seeking to dive into the evidence and policies on girls’ education.
Acknowledgments xv
Foreword xvii
Chapter 1 Introduction
1(14)
The Power of Evidence and Girls' Education
4(1)
"Especially Girls": Never Forgetting the Boys
4(2)
Girls' Education: Progress and Crisis
6(1)
A Commitment to the Evidence on What Works
7(1)
Five Compelling Challenges
8(5)
1 Quality Learning
9(1)
2 Reducing Violence Against Girls and Helping Girls Learn, Even in Conflicts and Emergencies
10(1)
3 Secondary Education and Adolescent Girls
11(1)
4 Transitions from School to Work
12(1)
5 Empowering Girls to Lead
12(1)
The Positive Generational Cycle of Girls' Education
13(2)
Chapter 2 The World's Best Investment: Girls' Education
15(48)
1 Increases Economic Growth
19(5)
Evidence Continues to Mount That Increases in Girls' Education Have a Positive Impact on a Developing Nation's Growth
20(1)
The Quality of Schooling Is Closely Associated with Economic Growth
21(1)
Increased Female Education Increases Agricultural Productivity
22(2)
2 Leads to Better Wages and Jobs for Women
24(5)
Education Increases Women's Wages
25(2)
Education Helps Women Get Better Jobs and Reduce Rates of Vulnerable Employment
27(2)
3 Saves the Lives of Children and Mothers
29(6)
Children's Lives Are Saved When Mothers Have a Better Education
29(4)
Increased Women's Education Lowers Maternal Mortality
33(2)
4 Leads to Smaller and More Sustainable Families
35(3)
5 Results in Healthier and Better-Educated Children
38(6)
Mothers' Education Reduces Malnutrition and Stunting
38(2)
Mothers' Education Improves Children's Health and Immunization Rate
40(2)
Mothers' Education Increases Children's Schooling
42(2)
6 Reduces Rates of HIV/AIDS and Malaria
44(4)
7 Reduces Rates of Child Marriage
48(4)
8 Empowers Women
52(2)
9 Increases Women's Political Leadership
54(4)
10 Reduces Harm to Families from Natural Disasters and Climate Change
58(5)
Chapter 3 Glass Half Full: There Has Been Real Progress, But A Girls' Education Crisis Remains
63(38)
The Progress Made
65(1)
The Crisis Remaining
66(2)
Six Lenses for Viewing the Progress and Crisis in Girls' Education
68(24)
1 Enrollment in Primary School: How Many Girls Start?
69(3)
2 Completing Their Education: How Many Girls Make It Through Secondary School?
72(3)
3 Are Girls Learning and Receiving a High-Quality Education?
75(2)
4 How Are Girls Doing in the Hot Spots, the Countries Still Lagging Behind?
77(2)
5 How Do Violence and Humanitarian Crises Affect Girls' and Boys' Education?
79(1)
Crises: War, Disaster, and Epidemics
79(3)
Political Violence and Attacks on Education
82(1)
6 How Are the Most Disadvantaged and Most Marginalized Girls Progressing?
83(1)
The Poorest Countries Is Where the Girls Farthest Behind Live
84(1)
Within Poor Countries: The Poorest Girls Living in Rural Areas are the Farthest Behind
84(5)
Rural Girls from Ethnic or Linguistic Minorities Are Being Especially Left Back
89(1)
Learning Levels Low for Marginalized Girls
90(2)
Progress in Girls' Education to Date
92(9)
Increasing Numbers Are Enrolling in School
94(2)
Building Momentum in the Global Girls' Education Community
96(5)
Chapter 4 What Works: A Catalogue Of Evidence On Addressing Girls' Education Needs
101(89)
1 Making Schools Affordable
105(25)
Reduce the Direct Costs of Schooling
108(3)
Reduce the Indirect and Opportunity Costs of Schooling
111(7)
Designing Effective Cash and In-Kind Transfer Programs for Girls: Issues to Consider
118(12)
2 Addressing Girls' Health
130(8)
Nutrition Programs and Deworming
130(3)
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Improvements
133(5)
3 Reducing the Time and Distance to School
138(9)
Build More Schools Near Girls' Homes
139(2)
Community Schools
141(5)
Flexible School Schedules
146(1)
4 Making Schools Girls-Friendly
147(13)
Preschool and Child Care Programs
149(3)
Eliminate School-Related Gender-Based Violence
152(1)
School Safety Policies and Codes of Conduct for Teachers
153(2)
Gender Sensitivity Training for Teachers and Students
155(3)
Girls' Clubs and Safe Spaces
158(2)
5 Improving Quality Education
160(12)
Hire Good Teachers Who Attend School and Engage Students
160(4)
Improve How Teachers Teach
164(8)
6 Increasing Community Engagement
172(4)
7 Sustaining Education during Emergencies
176(14)
Harnessing Community Demand
180(2)
Child-Friendly Spaces
182(4)
Back-to-School Campaigns
186(4)
Chapter 5 Five Compelling Challenges For The Next Decade
190(79)
1 A High-Quality Education: Ensure That Girls are Truly Learning Both Hard and Soft Skills
195(18)
What Works to Improve Girls' and Boys' Learning in School
205(1)
Hire Good Teachers Who Attend School and Engage Students
205(2)
Improve How Teachers Teach
207(1)
Align the School Curriculum with Students' Needs
207(3)
Harnessing Partnerships-from Local to Global-to Improve Learning
210(1)
Strategies for Cultivating Soft Skills
211(2)
2 Protecting Education from Attack: Stopping the Growing Violence Against Girls
213(12)
Sustaining Education in Emergencies
214(1)
Protecting Girls from Education-Related Attacks
214(2)
School Safety Measures: Escorts, Guards, and Walls
216(1)
Using Community Networks to Monitor Attacks and Send Early Warning Alerts
217(1)
Community Pressure for Safe Schools: Engage Community Leaders, Youth, and Teachers
217(2)
Legal Reforms: Protecting Schools from Military Use
219(1)
Reporting Attacks on Education: The UN's Efforts to Achieve Better Accountability
220(1)
Addressing School-Related Gender-Based Violence
221(1)
Engage Boys and Men
221(4)
3 Secondary Education and Adolescent Girls
225(17)
The Goal of Universal Secondary Education for Girls
225(5)
Strategies for Out-of-School and Marginalized Adolescent Girls
230(1)
Return-to-School Policies
231(3)
Nonformal Schooling
234(4)
Harness Technology to Maximize Learning Opportunities
238(4)
4 Successful Transitions: Bridges from School to Work
242(9)
Stronger Bridges to Work Improve Perceived Rates of Return and Thus Investment in Girls' Education
242(2)
Align Curricula with the World of Work
244(2)
Technical Training, On-the-Job Training, and Apprenticeships
246(2)
Entrepreneurial Training and Education
248(1)
Demand-Side Interventions, from Recruiting to Wage Subsidies
249(2)
5 Education That Empowers Girls to Lead
251(18)
Textbooks and Learning Materials Reflect Gender Equality
254(3)
Teachers Demonstrate and Teach Gender Equality
257(2)
Provide Girls with Female Mentors and Role Models
259(3)
Strengthen Girls' Negotiation and Decisionmaking Skills
262(1)
Give All Girls the Skills to Work
263(2)
Provide Avenues for Developing Girls' Leadership Skills
265(1)
Empower Girls through Sports and Extracurricular Activities
266(3)
Bibliography 269(32)
Index 301