Tools & Resources
MEQA is a digital e-monitoring and coaching tool that allows World Vision’s field office staff to observe and measure the quality of implementation of educatio…
Education
Education
Promoting inclusive, equitable, and quality learning for the most vulnerable children and adolescents to improve well-being and break the cycle of poverty.
In 2025, World Vision U.S. reached 300,000 people through our Education initiatives
Highlights
Learning Roots
Learning Roots is World Vision’s play-based early childhood development model grounded in global best practices that supports children ages 3 to 6. It equips caregivers, trains teachers, and strengthens systems to ensure children are ready for school and lifelong learning. Results in one context showed a significant increase in the percentage of children ages 3 to 6 who are developmentally on track in all domains.
Unlock Literacy
Unlock Literacy is World Vision’s evidence-based program to enhance early-grade reading by supporting teachers, equipping parents to foster literacy at home, and involving communities in reading activities outside of school. A cross-country analysis found that in ten pilot countries, seven showed significant reading gains, surpassing global benchmarks for impact.
IMPACT+
IMPACT+ is World Vision’s life skills and active citizenship program for adolescents. Implemented in more than 25 countries, it has reached more than 60,000 adolescents. Evaluations show it can build confidence, communication, and social skills, strengthen healthy relationships, and increase commitment to learning.
About
Creating safe, inclusive spaces where all children can learn and grow.
World Vision’s goal is to ensure equitable access to quality education and improved retention and learning for all girls and boys — including those with disabilities — in the areas of literacy, numeracy, and social and emotional learning, empowering them with the skills for better life opportunities and a brighter future. We seek to remove barriers to education and create a supportive, safe learning environment where children feel protected and free from violence.
We work with children and adolescents, schools, communities, and local governments to strengthen teacher skills, remove harmful social and gender norms that contribute to gender-based violence in schools, build capacity in inclusive education, provide access to reading materials in local languages, and strengthen school management and parental/community involvement in education.
We aim to make an impact on children’s lives by working with communities, partners, and local governments to:
- Support play-based early childhood development approaches
- Increase the number of primary school children who can read and achieve a minimum proficiency in mathematics
- Ensure more girls and boys are protected from violence
- Improve adolescents’ education and life skills
- Leverage innovation and technology to increase reading outcomes for children with disabilities and those in low-resource contexts
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Foundational Skills
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Youth
Education Research & Resources
Research
Strengthening education systems is a complex challenge, and this ex-post evaluation explores how seemingly fragmented social accountability interventions have …
Education
Locally Led Dev
Tools & Resources
Mainstreaming Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) in education is essential to ensure that all children have equitable access to schooling…
Education
GEDSI
Education News & Insights
Blog09/25/2026
Teachers in crisis settings are remarkably resilient. That is true, and it is also the problem — resilience has become something we expect from teachers…
Education
Blog08/31/2026
Today’s young people are growing up in a world where education, work, entrepreneurship, and social connection are increasingly shaped by technology.That shift …
Education
Blog08/31/2026
Across El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, World Vision's RISE initiative — Reaching Independence through Support and Empowerment — is helping young people s…
Education
Impact in Action
Explore evidence-based insights and inspiring stories of change from communities around the world.
Abraham's journey to school
Abraham has cerebral palsy. He dreamed of going to school like his sisters, but his mother struggled to get him there on her own. Uburezi Iwacu (Homes & Communities) supported children like Abraham to help make their dreams come true.
Ready to rise
Through RISE (Reaching Independence through Support and Empowerment), a young woman named Estefany found that opportunity, perseverance, and faith could change her path. RISE helps young people gain the skills, training, and experience they need to succeed in life and in the workforce.
Learning against the odds
In the world's largest refugee settlement, Win, a 12-year-old Rohingya girl in Bangladesh, keeps going to school even as safety fears and funding cuts push many girls out of class. With education and protection support from World Vision, she has a safe space to keep learning. She dreams of becoming a doctor.
Words that finally click
Lesline in the Democratic Republic of the Congo loved stories but struggled to read them, and her school grades showed it. Her teacher enrolled her in a World Vision reading club, where she received a reading book to take home and practiced reading aloud with mentors each week. Her skills and confidence grew, and she now reads fluently in French and Swahili.
