Jimmy Leak

Education Program Strategic Advisor — Dr. Jimmy Leak has designed and managed early grades literacy programs in East Africa. While completing his Ph.D. in Education and Policy and Social Context at the University of California, Irvine, he was named a 2011-2012 Public Impact Fellow for his research on teachers and early grades student achievement.
Nuru Education Celebrates World Book Day 2017 And Reading

Last year, the Nuru Education team celebrated World Book and Copyright Day by sharing their favorite books and why they love to read….

Nuru Kenya Education Program Ends; New Beginnings Await

After five years of lessons taught and of students impacted, Nuru Kenya Education is ending its outreach program to transition to a new…

Nuru Ethiopia Encourages Girls to Attend School

In early 2015, when Nuru’s Education team was beginning the Program Planning Process, one of the biggest challenges identified by community members, schools,…

Nuru Recognizes International Literacy Day

Today, September 8th, the world celebrates International Literacy Day. Organizations around the world are requesting that people support literacy through book drives, donations,…

Favorite Childhood Books of Nuru Education Staff

As the world celebrates World Book and Copyright Day on Saturday, April 23rd, members of the Nuru Education team reflect on what books…

Growing up in a world with(out) storybooks #BookDay

One of my favorite book series when I was growing up was C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia.” In these books, children from…

Nuru’s Role in Global Education: Reflections on CIES 2016

What do you get when you bring nearly 2,700 attendees from countries all over the world—representing international NGOs, ministries of education, academic institutions…

Are you reading this in your native language?

Recently, the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) estimated that 221 million children in developing countries were unable to understand the language of instruction…

Nuru Education: 2015 Year in Review

The past year has been a year of growth, iteration and achievement for Nuru Education. Nuru Kenya Education began completed its fourth year…

Nuru Ethiopia Education Conducts First Teacher Training

After a very successful Training of Trainers (ToT) with woreda (district) education officials, school directors, cluster supervisors and language department heads in October,…