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Partnering with purpose

Today’s shared global challenges are too complex for any ministry or organisation to solve alone. By partnering with purpose, we can unite ambition, insight, and expertise – aligning values and scaling impact to deliver measurable, lasting outcomes where they matter most.

For over 60 years, we’ve partnered with governments, donor agencies, and school networks across the globe to strengthen education systems, shape career pathways, and support people to thrive.

"It has been a privilege to work with [edt]; your technical expertise, professionalism, and genuine human touch have greatly enriched this collaboration."

UNICEF Rwanda

Tackling the biggest challenges in global education, together

Teacher retention, recruitment, and motivation

Tackling the biggest challenges in global education, together

Teacher retention, recruitment, and motivation

Accountability, international tests, and school inspection

Making good transitions from school to employment, education, or training

Accountability, international tests, and school inspection

Making good transitions from school to employment, education, or training

Effective school reform at scale

We believe that effective reform depends on practical delivery. Success requires clear prioritisation, focus on high-impact areas, and resource alignment. Sustained impact comes from building system capacity, enabling governments to lead implementation and improve learning outcomes for all – including the most disadvantaged.

Why do so many attempts at school reform at scale fail?
How can education ministers respond to the pressures on budgets for schools?

Effective school reform at scale

We believe that effective reform depends on practical delivery. Success requires clear prioritisation, focus on high-impact areas, and resource alignment. Sustained impact comes from building system capacity, enabling governments to lead implementation and improve learning outcomes for all – including the most disadvantaged.

Why are government systems struggling to recruit and retain high-quality teachers - and what will fix it?
Why aren't learners benefitting from more teacher professional development, and what needs to change for them to do so?

Teacher retention, recruitment and motivation

In many places, teacher shortages persist because systems place excessive demands on staff, making teaching feel unsustainable. Recruitment and retention improve when early careers are protected, development is continuous and practice-focused, and teaching is treated as a supported long-term profession with clear progression pathways.

Teacher retention, recruitment, and motivation

Why are government systems struggling to recruit and retain high-quality teachers - and what will fix it?

In many places, teacher shortages persist because systems place excessive demands on staff, making teaching feel unsustainable. Recruitment and retention improve when early careers are protected, development is continuous and practice-focused, and teaching is treated as a supported long-term profession with clear progression pathways.

Early childhood care and education

Too many children start school without strong foundations because early education is too often undervalued and inconsistently delivered. Outcomes improve when access is matched by quality, and when early years educators receive sustained, practice-focused support within a system aligned to improve everyday teaching.

Early childhood professionals shape future education outcomes - what more must we do to properly support and strengthen this workforce?
How can we ensure that no child starts school without the foundations to learn and thrive?

Early childhood care and education

Too many children start school without strong foundations because early education is too often undervalued and inconsistently delivered. Outcomes improve when access is matched by quality, and when early years educators receive sustained, practice-focused support within a system aligned to improve everyday teaching.

What role should school leaders play in reform - and how do we ensure it actually improves outcomes?
Which professional development approaches for local leaders actually transform professional practice?

School leadership

School reform succeeds when leaders translate policy into classroom practice, yet they too often lack the support to do so. Impact improves when leadership development focuses on teaching, aligns with system change, and equips leaders to sustain improvement in learning across schools.

School leadership

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School reform succeeds when leaders translate policy into classroom practice, yet they too often lack the support to do so. Impact improves when leadership development focuses on teaching, aligns with system change, and equips leaders to sustain improvement in learning across schools.

Accountability, international tests, and school inspection

International assessments can inform reform, but overemphasis risks narrowing focus. Systems improve when data is used diagnostically, and when inspection prioritises teaching quality, leadership and outcomes, within a coherent cycle that strengthens practice and system performance over time.

How can external school review move beyond compliance monitoring to measurable improvements in student outcomes?
How can policymakers use international tests like PISA constructively - without letting them distort priorities?

Accountability, international tests, and school inspection

International assessments can inform reform, but overemphasis risks narrowing focus. Systems improve when data is used diagnostically, and when inspection prioritises teaching quality, leadership and outcomes, within a coherent cycle that strengthens practice and system performance over time.

Making good transitions from school to employment, education, or training

Secondary education better prepares young people for life beyond school when transitions are planned early, not left to the end. Outcomes improve when systems provide sustained, personalised support, and create flexible pathways linked to real opportunities.

How can secondary schools better equip students to navigate transitions after leaving education?
How can we help students who have left school but are not in meaningful education, employment, or training?

Making good transitions from school to employment, education, or training

Secondary education better prepares young people for life beyond school when transitions are planned early, not left to the end. Outcomes improve when systems provide sustained, personalised support, and create flexible pathways linked to real opportunities.

Let's work together

What's the biggest challenge you're facing?

We work strategically with partners around the world to design and implement solutions to the most pressing education challenges. Let us know what the biggest challenge you're currently facing is on the post-it note below. We're stronger together when we partner with purpose.

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About edt

As a not-for-profit organisation, we exist to increase life chances by improving education and employability outcomes around the world.

Our work spans across three life stages that represent the lifelong journey of learning. Our work is grounded in evidence, designed for impact, and driven by the belief that learning can change the world.