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#4 The Learning Crisis is Dead.

Long live Foundational Learning.

Jul 4

#4 The Learning Crisis is Dead.

Jul 4

#3 All That Glisters Is Not Gold

Why novelty is overrated.

May 20

#3 All That Glisters Is Not Gold

May 20

#2 Don’t watch the mouth, watch the hands

Culture is a choice. Make sure it’s yours.

Feb 23

#2 Don’t watch the mouth, watch the hands

Feb 23

#1 The Silver Bullet, and Other Fairytales

Silver bullets are more expensive to make than ordinary lead bullets and, as ballistic studies have shown, are slower, less accurate and…

Jan 24

#1 The Silver Bullet, and Other Fairytales

Jan 24

Isatu’s Story

This piece is cross-posted from my blog at www.risingacademies.com/blog

Jul 25, 2019

Isatu’s Story

Jul 25, 2019

Dear Minister

An Open Letter To A New Education Minister

Apr 3, 2019

Dear Minister

Apr 3, 2019

Bloody hell

Some murder mysteries, like Poirot, are whodunnits. They keep you guessing until the final scene when the killer’s identity is at last…

Jun 18, 2018

Jun 18, 2018

The lost promise of the “No Ibrahim” Prize

For the 5th time in 9 years, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and its prize committee have decided not to award the $5m Prize for Achievement in…

Jun 17, 2016

Jun 17, 2016

Tackling the learning crisis: not easy, but simple?

This article was originally published in The Davies Papers: Africa Series #8, May 2015.

May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015

A half-hearted hurrah for 0.7%

It’s official. As a matter of law, the UK must now spend 0.7% of its GDP on aid. As someone who works in development, believes in the…

Mar 10, 2015

Mar 10, 2015

Paul Skidmore

Paul Skidmore

Education entrepreneur, interested in high-quality but low-cost learning in Africa. Recovering political junkie and policy nerd.

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