Nic Spaull

@NicSpaull

Global Education at the Gates Foundation focusing on all things reading & maths in Africa. Digital repository - nicspaull.com

Johannesburg, South Africa nicspaull.com Joined May 2009

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Nic Spaull @NicSpaull Dec 13, 2022

Proud to announce that our three books on (1) Early Grade Reading, (2) Early Grade Mathematics, and (3) Early Grade Interventions are now published (by @OUPAcademic) and also freely available online as ePDFs. Full books available for download here: resourcehub.oxford.co.za/higher-educati…

Nic Spaull @NicSpaull Nov 11, 2025

This was one of the most important graphs from @DBE_SA's launch of the Funda Uphumelele National Survey (FUNS) yest. The relationships between fluency benchmarks & written comprehension are clear. Excited to see these benchmarks starting to be used in classrooms by teachers!

Nic Spaull @NicSpaull Oct 15, 2025

Great Quantitative Education Research (QER) conference at @resepgroup in August 2025. Useful that all the presentations are available online here: resep.sun.ac.za/resep-hosts-th…

resep.sun.ac.za Resep hosts the 9th Annual QER Conference (26-27 August 2025) - RESEP From 21-22 August 2024, Resep hosted its 8th annual Quantitative Education Research (QER) conference at STIAS, Stellenbosch. Among the more than 100 attendees were academics, students, government...

Nic Spaull @NicSpaull Sep 13, 2025

PSA: SEACMEQ is recruiting for a new ED & Dep ED!! @OfficialSEACMEQ
➡️ Executive Director bit.ly/46kr3hL
➡️ Deputy Executive Director bit.ly/3V0qTWv
All SEACMEQ nationals eligible ANG/BOT/SWA/KEN/LES/MAL/MAU/MOZ/NAM/SEY/SA/TAN/UGA/ZAM/ZIM
Deadline: 20 Sep'25

Nic Spaull @NicSpaull Jul 14, 2025

Ahoy education folks. We're expanding our @gatesfoundation Global Education team:
Senior Program Officer, Numeracy
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Senior Program Officer, Literacy lnkd.in/duEeaGfE
Senior Program Officer, India
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