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September 16, 2025

Preparing Global Leaders: Notre Dame Students Put Early Childhood Development Science into Practice

August 21, 2025

Notre Dame Study Offers New Insights into Global Learning Crisis

Pathways out of Adversity

July 18, 2025

Pathways out of Adversity: Mani Chandana’s Journey to Transform Education

Marc and Daniel Read Haiti

December 21, 2020

Read Haiti partners featured on USAID's Medium

In December of 2020, USAID featured Read Haiti partners —the Alliance for Catholic Education Haiti, the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, Catholic Relief Services Haiti, and Haiti’s Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education— and their radio-distance learning program in a blog...

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December 18, 2020

The GC-DWC's Holiday Reading List

As the GC-DWC reflects on the past year, we are grateful for all of you who have continued to grow and learn with us. If you are looking for some reading material over the holidays, we have compiled a list of some of our favorite books and articles on topics that impact our daily work. The Moral...

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December 7, 2020

GC-DWC Releases Practical Measurement Course

The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) is excited to announce the release of its open-access, free online course, Practical Measurement, which focuses on equipping practitioners with the knowledge and resources to develop rigorous yet feasible...

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December 3, 2020

GC-DWC Receives Research Grant from USAID LASER PULSE Initiative

The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) is pleased to announce the receipt of a research grant from USAID’s Long-term Assistance and Services for Research: Partners for University-Led Solutions Engine (LASER PULSE) initiative. LASER PULSE is a...

Marc and Daniel Read Haiti

November 18, 2020

Faces of the Read Haiti/Strong Beginnings Radio Program

The Read Haiti/Strong Beginnings Radio program is made possible through the support of USAID, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and an Anonymous Foundation. When schools shut down in Haiti on March 19th due to COVID-19, the Strong Beginnings team, led by Kate Schuenke-Lucien, was already in the midst of...

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November 13, 2020

Young Readers Week 2020

During the week of November 9th, the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) celebrates National Young Readers Week. The week is a yearly event that was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. One of the goals of the GC-DWC is to...

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November 5, 2020

USAID awards $8 million to Notre Dame to expand early literacy, learning programs

Recognizing the impact of the University of Notre Dame’s efforts to improve childhood literacy in Haiti, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded an $8 million grant to the University to expand its early-grade literacy and social-emotional learning programs and improve early...

Marie Irmine -Teacher participant in Read Haiti teacher training program

October 28, 2020

A Different Approach to Teacher Development and Training

The Read Haiti teacher training program is made possible through the support of USAID, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and an Anonymous Foundation. Program materials were developed by USAID in partnership with Haiti’s Ministry of Education. Meet Marie Irmine, a first grade teacher from Centre Educatif...

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September 23, 2020

Education in Crisis: Can COVID-19 help bridge the Digital Divide?

At its peak, school closures due to COVID-19 occurred in 191 countries, affecting nearly 1.6 billion students and 63 million teachers ( UNESCO 2020 ). While these numbers are unprecedented, large-scale school closures are not. Every year, nearly 75 million children experience disruptions in their...

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September 22, 2020

Measuring what Matters Learning Partnership: Happiness Curriculum

Today the Measuring what Matters Learning Partnership welcomed Dr. Sr e ehari Ravindranath, the Associate Director for Research and Impact at Dream a Dream , to present on India’s Happiness Curriculum. The Happiness Curriculum strives to support learners in developing self-awareness and mindfulness...