Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child wins award to strengthen Haitian education data systems | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child wins award to strengthen Haitian education data systems Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child wins award to strengthen Haitian education data systems Published: August 12, 2021 Author: Institute for Educational Initiatives Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child Haiti has been awarded $2.24 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to enhance school data collection systems in Haiti and equip schools with data-backed processes to improve student learning and development outcomes. The two-year project will engage schools that are a part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Model School Network in the Central Plateau of Haiti, a region with a difficult topography, high rates of poverty and limited scalable and effective academic interventions. Given these realities, the network seeks to improve outcomes of students in the Central Plateau through sustainable, multilayered, data-driven and effective governmental and civil society partnerships. This latest award will be leveraged to enhance Haitian schools’ capacities to collect and use relevant data to drive informed decision-making. The project brings together the GC-DWC Haiti, Notre Dame’s Children’s Environmental Health Initiative and the Université Quisqueya in Haiti to equip local schools with the skills and tools necessary to increase capacity for multilevel data collection, annual benchmarking, evaluation and visualization. “In the context of a low-income country such as Haiti, with a chronic lack of investment in education, the role of scalable, cost-effective and culturally appropriate interventions that embrace data-informed approaches cannot be overlooked,” said Neil Boothby, the founding director of the GC-DWC and principal investigator on the project. “There is an urgent opportunity to provide capacity-building resources to Haitian education networks at the school level and to equip them with the tools to leverage data effectively in order to improve student outcomes.” The GC-DWC and its partners will develop a school-based information system tailored to the needs of the Model School Network, build schools’ capacity for the implementation of data collection and provide ongoing support and professional development to schools. These processes will ensure that data are used to address gaps in students’ educational experiences and to strengthen current curriculum and school practices. In particular, CEHI will leverage its data expertise to build a functional and robust data platform at both the school and national levels. “In the Haitian education system, robust data and data systems can provide an energizing source of power, change and innovation,” said Marie Lynn Miranda, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University of Notre Dame and director of CEHI. “We are excited to partner with Haitian educators and administrators to collect and leverage data to create sustainable and impactful opportunities for students.” Posted In: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion International Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 12, 2022 Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street … in different countries? August 29, 2022 Former president of Colombia to teach in Keough School of Global Affairs, deliver public lecture May 05, 2022 Kroc Institute releases special report on ethnic approach within the Colombian Peace Agreement May 03, 2022 Pulte Institute launches Central America Research Alliance April 06, 2022 Rise in trust of institutions led to boost in entrepreneurial intent, especially among STEM undergraduates For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn