TSC, Education Development Trust, Fab Inc. and EducAid, 2024. Transforming the Education Workforce. https://educationcommission.org/transformingtheeducationworkforce/ 

Brookings Institute, 2024. Policy recommendations for strengthening family, school, and community partnerships. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/policy-recommendations-for-strengthening-family-school-and-community-partnerships/ 

Brookings Institute, 2024. Building partnerships where families, schools, and communities stand together in Sierra Leone. Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institute. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sierra-Leone-Policy-Brief.pdf 

Brookings Institute, 2024. Conversation Starter Tools: A Participatory Research Guide to Building Stronger Family, School, and Community Partnerships. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/conversation-starter-tools/ 

Education Development Trust and EducAid, 2022. School leadership Knowledge Event in Sierra Leone. https://www.edt.org/news/school-leadership-event-in-sierra-leone-draws-experts-across-africa/ 

Bruine, L. de., 2021. ‘ICT implementation in primary and secondary schools in Sierra Leone’, Master’s Thesis in International Development Studies, Utrecht University. https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/41082

Jacobs Foundation, 2020. Private Schools for Public Goods: Exploring the potential of privately-run schools to benefit societies. https://jacobsfoundation.org/publication/private-schools-for-public-goods/

 

Dr Miriam Mason-Sesay (EducAid’s Country Director) Bibliography:

Choi, J.H., Garrod, O., Atherton, P., Joyce-Gibbons, A., Mason-Sesay, M. and Björkegren, D., (2023). Are LLMs useful in the poorest schools? TheTeacher.AI in Sierra Leone. Available at: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.02982 

World Bank, 2023. Sierra Leone - Human Capital Review: Maximizing Human Potential for Resilience and Inclusive Development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099031324083539596/P177704132eefe07e1ac3a1e07fa1a7b4e9. (Contributing researcher and author)

Lurvink, A.F., Bangura, Z., Fortune, A., George, A. H., Godwin, K., Mason-Sesay, M., Moseray, D., Tholley, I., Turay, E. B., & Haßler, B. (2022). What are the enablers and barriers for effective School-Based Teacher Professional Development? OpenDevEd. https://doi.org/10.53832/opendeved.0284. Available from: https://docs.opendeved.net/lib/N665IBBE. Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. 

Mason, M., & Galloway, D. (2022). Using Evidence-Informed Practice in Primary School Improvement in an Under-Achieving School System: A Case Study in Sierra Leone. In C. Brown & J. R. Malin (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Evidence-Informed Practice in Education (pp. 375–388). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-141-620221044. Available from https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/978-1-80043-141-620221044/full/html. (details)

Mason, M., & Galloway, D. (2021). Lessons in School Improvement from Sub-Saharan Africa: Developing Professional Learning Networks and School Communities. Emerald Group Publishing. (details)

Mason, M., & Galloway, D. (2021). Knowledge mobilisation in sub-Saharan Africa: an impact evaluation of CPDL in improving primary school children’s performance. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 6(2), 117–132. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-09-2020-0074. (details)

Mason, M., Galloway, D., & Joyce-Gibbons, A. (2020). Catering for Diversity in Psychosocial and Learning Needs in a Low-Income Country. In C. Koh (Ed.), Diversifying Learner Experience: A kaleidoscope of instructional approaches and strategies (pp. 191–206). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9861-6_11. (details)

Mason, M., Galloway, D., & Joyce-Gibbons, A. (2018). Closing the Attainment Gap: Collaboration between Schools in Sierra Leone. Educational & Child Psychology, 35(1), 27–39. https://shop.bps.org.uk/educational-child-psychology-vol-35-no-1-june-2018-closing-the-attainment-gap-what-gap. (details)