International Projects
March 31, 2022
Florida State University and the Learning Systems Institute (LSI) continued its partnership with the USAID/Lebanon Higher Education Capacity Development (HECD) Program by welcoming a group of 19 university staff members from Lebanon to Tallahassee.
February 9, 2022
Florida State University’s Learning Systems Institute (LSI) will lead a $15.6 million project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve teacher training in Malawi.
October 15, 2020
The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University will lead a five-year, $15 million project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve pre-service teacher training in Zambia.
August 14, 2020
Over the past three years, a unique collaboration between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Nigeria’s Bayero University in Kano (BUK), and Florida State University (FSU) in the United States has helped Africa’s most populous country strengthen its ability to teach early grade reading, the foundation of lifelong learning.
February 25, 2020
The Uzbekistan Education Reform Program is a new initiative sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development under the Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (STIP) in Higher Education Annual Program Statement.
August 26, 2019
In August 2019, the Nigeria Centre for Reading Research and Development held the National Reading Conference at Bayero University, Kano. Approximately 800 participants attended the conference organized by BUK with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Northern Education Initiative Plus (NEI+).
January 11, 2019
The Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University—represented by Drs. Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski and Adrienne Barnes, welcomes Dr. Aisha Umar Tsiga and Dr. Amina Adamu both faculty from the Nigerian Center for Reading Research and
November 5, 2018
New publication by RTI Press explores the many ways in which teachers around the world are supported throughout their professional careers to improve teaching and learning. Thanks to David Evans, Silvia Montoya, Sharath Jeevan for reviews and to all co-authors including Tifa Asrianti, Adrienne Barnes, Guy Bostock...
October 17, 2018
In early 2018, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Government of Honduras launched the “readers to leaders” program (De Lectores a Líderes, also known as the USAID Honduras Reading Activity). The project implemented by Education Development Center (EDC) and its partner Florida State University (FSU) targets regions according to two Development Objectives (1)...
July 9, 2018
In June 2018, three faculty members from the Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at the Florida State University (FSU) traveled to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras to launch a new initiative to support country’s efforts to improve the reading performance of students in grades one to six. FSU will work with the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (UPN) Francisco Morazán to develop a new curriculum for pre-service teacher education as the country implements new policies that require higher educational standards for elementary school teachers.