Executive Summary

Globally, learning poverty levels remain staggeringly high, but efforts to support evidence-based instruction in literacy, mathematics, and SEL have begun to close the gap that yawns between those who succeed and those who do not. Science education bridges the gaps between these foundational skill sets and enables them to be used to greater effect, even in the early primary years. Primary science allows children to operationalize and use their literacy and numeracy skills and engage their social-emotional resources, developing the strong foundation of critical thinking, problem-solving, and decisionmaking that is so essential to later success. In short, science skills and habits of mind are the missing element of the foundational skills package, and their addition to the mix can accelerate education recovery and reform. EDC’s longstanding work with the governments of Kenya, Zambia, Mali, Liberia, Honduras, and the Philippines to strengthen quality of instruction and outcomes in literacy, numeracy, SEL, and science will be scaled and deepened to provide a full foundational skills package to meet the needs of these low-resource contexts.

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