March 22nd through March 26th, 2025 | Chicago, IL, USA

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) will participate in the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2025 Conference, which will take place in Chicago, Illinois, from March 22–26. This year's conference, themed "Envisioning Education in a Digital Society" will feature IPA in seven formal panel sessions and several paper sessions.
 

March 22

Strengthening evidence uptake and use by governments: lessons from Education Labs | Sat, March 22, 2:45 to 4:00 pm | Palmer House, Floor: 7th Floor, Clark 10

Featuring Swathi Attavar (What Works Hub for Global Education), Nompumelelo Mohohlwane (Department of Basic Education, South Africa), Samuel Kembou (Jacobs Foundation), Sharanya Chandran (J-PAL South Asia), Juan Hernandez-Agramonte (IPA), Rachel Hinton (UK FCDO)

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March 23

Adapting to Context for Effective Data and Evidence Uptake: A Comparison between Embedded Labs in Côte d’Ivoire, Peru, and Rwanda | Sun, March 23, 2:45 to 4:00 pm | Palmer House, Floor: 3rd Floor, The Ashland Room

Featuring Juan Hernandez-Agramonte (IPA), Swetha Sridharan (Mathematica Policy Research), Karla Petersen (IPA), William Sims (IPA)

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March 24

Two-Generation Approaches to Supporting Early Childhood Development | Mon, March 24, 4:30 to 5:45 pm | Palmer House, Floor: 7th Floor, Burnham 5

Featuring Sarah Kabay (IPA), Rafiath Rashid (BRAC International), Godfrey Mwesigye (IRC), Vianney Mbonigaba (IPA)

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March 25

Core components of effective implementation: Unpacking successful educational interventions | Tue, March 25, 2:45 to 4:00 pm | Palmer House, Floor: 7th Floor, Clark 9

Featuring Heather Leigh Kayton (What Works Hub for Global Education), Michelle Kaffenberger (What Works Hub for Global Education), Matthew Jukes (RTI International), Henry Atimone (IPA), Saktibrata Sen (Room to Read India)

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Developing Digitized Tools for Learning through Play Early Childhood Education Programming | Tue, March 25, 4:30 to 5:45 pm | Palmer House, Floor: 7th Floor, LaSalle 4

Featuring Lucy Rimmington (IPA), Cody Costakis (IPA), Ruth Kabutembe Mbabazi (VSO), Lucy Barnett (Plan Bornefonden), Chantal Lenore Snyman (VVOB Education for Development)

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March 26

Educational technology and implementation science: Using A/B testing to iteratively improve and scale educational interventions | Wed, March 26, 11:15am to 12:30pm | Palmer House, Floor: 7th Floor, LaSalle 1

Featuring Noam Angrist (Youth Impact), Amanda Beatty (Youth Impact), Vishal Sunil (Rocket Learning), Andres Parrado (IPA), (Gates Foundation), Kate Ross (UK FCDO)

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From rigorous evidence to impact in the classroom: what it takes to bring evidence-based interventions to scale | Wed, March 26, 2:45 to 4:00pm | Palmer House, Floor: 3rd Floor, The Marshfield Room

Featuring Sarah Kabay (IPA), Karla Petersen (IPA), Jean Leodomir Habarimana Mfura (IPA)

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