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When it comes to assessing whole child development (WCD), there are countless factors involved. Vyjayanthi Sankar, from CSSL in India, sat down with the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), to share some of her experience around the assessment of WCD in India. She discusses...

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a complex term with different meanings and understandings across cultures and contexts. However, understanding these context-specific meanings is vital to implementing and measuring the success of SEL programs as SEL does not occur in a vacuum, an insight...

Michael Ward is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and a member of the Measuring What Matters Learning Partnership which the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) chairs. In June 2020, Michael joined the GC-DWC’s...

As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the lives and livelihoods of families around the world, Haitian parents, in particular, struggle to find hope amid the pandemic. With a history of political instability and a political election looming in October, they are bracing themselves for another tumultuous...

The GC-DWC chairs the Measuring What Matters Learning Partnership (MWM-LP), which brings together senior policymakers and practitioners to create strategies and applied tools to improve whole child development efforts in low and middle income countries, and is excited to share the report from this...

The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) and ACE Haiti are pleased to share their open-source collection of radio distance-learning programs, developed in response to COVID-19-prompted school closures in Haiti. “Students and families in Haiti are faced with the challenge of...

Last week, the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child joined its global colleagues in the second annual Measuring what Matters Learning Partnership convening. Although COVID-19 moved the weeklong convening to a virtual platform, partners used the time to engage in discussions over...

With widespread school closures and stay-at-home social distancing, there has never been a greater need for quality children’s programming. The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child is pleased to share the launch of Akili Network’s Akili Kids , a free-to-air children’s television...

Dr. Neil Boothby is a psychologist and founding director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child at the University of Notre Dame. He is an internationally recognized expert and advocate for children affected by war and displacement. Kate Schuenke-Lucien is the Director for Haiti...