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Rabieh Razzouk, Gena St. John, and Probak Karim (Learning Systems Institute) traveled to Bangladesh to continue working toward collaborations and opportunities on future projects.

As part of the USAID Tunoze Gusoma Schools and Systems Activity, a three-day workshop was held to review and revise the practicum guidelines for 16 Teacher Training Colleges (TTC) to ensure a unified experience for student teachers across all TTCs. Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute), is the Principal Investigator on the activity and Ana H. Marty, Ph.D., Marion Fesmire, Ed.D., and Brenda Wawire, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) have all worked on the activity in Rwanda.

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Brenda Wawire, Ph.D. and Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) were authors on “Supporting Multilingual Children At-Risk Of Reading Failure: Impacts Of A Multilingual Structured Pedagogy Literacy Intervention In Kenya” published in Reading and Writing: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

Bodunrin Akinrinmade, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) had reviews of "Shadow Education in Africa: Private Supplementary Tutoring and Its Policy Implications" and "Shadow Education in the Middle East: Private Supplementary Tutoring and Its Policy Implications" published in the Comparative Education Review.

Celia Reddick, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) authored “Concerted Community Engagement: Refugee Education And Parents’ Daily Acts Of Resistance” in Social Sciences and “How Educators Navigate Language Ideology And Pedagogy In Refugee Education” in the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.

Bhushan Dahal (Learning Systems Institute) was selected by the University Council for Educational Administration as a 2024-26 Jackson Scholar.