“It was nearly impossible for her to read anything, even a single word.” That’s how the father of a third-grade student described her struggle with reading before her school joined the Let’s Read Fluently! (LRF!) program. Like many students across Jordan, she found reading in Modern Standard Arabic a daunting task. This difficulty began to affect her confidence and her performance in other subjects.
The Queen Rania Foundation (QRF) dedicates itself to the development, distribution, and adaptation of research-based pedagogies in Jordan and the...
Today, half of all children in Jordan are unable to read and understand a simple text at age ten, which The World Bank and UNESCO have classified as...
For the past decade, the Queen Rania Foundation (QRF) has dedicated itself to improving literacy outcomes in Jordan and throughout the Arab region...
The knowledge that parents pass down to their children is the first true form of education they receive; therefore, parents play a very important role...
Background: In 2020, QRF commissioned a research team based at Zayed University in the UAE to conduct a comprehensive systematic review that can...
