Teaching children about online safety is crucial in today's digital world, where the internet offers both opportunities and risks. Parents must be vigilant, informed, and engaged to ensure their children’s safety in an ever-evolving digital landscape. However, with the list of parental concerns seemingly endless, it is unclear where online safety ranks among their fears or their willingness to take action to educate themselves, their children, or advocate for greater change.
A total of 630 students from Carlos Rosario International Charter High School gave feedback through the school’s Fall Survey for the 2023-2024 school year. The survey revealed valuable insights into the aspects that make the school unique and areas where improvements are desired. The responses highlight the significant influence the school has on students’ lives, both in their academic growth and personal development.
Teaching children about online safety is crucial in today's digital world, where the internet offers both opportunities and risks. Parents must be vigilant, informed, and engaged to ensure their children’s safety in an ever-evolving digital landscape. However, with the list of parental concerns seemingly endless, it is unclear where online safety ranks among their fears or their willingness to take action to educate themselves, their children, or advocate for greater change.
Evaluation and research play a crucial role in understanding the effectiveness of development programs. Recently, Untold Research undertook an endline study for FORUT's five-year development program cycle. This comprehensive study assessed the impact of the program implemented in five countries: India, Malawi, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Sri Lanka. By targeting parents of adolescents, the program focused on four key areas: alcohol and drug prevention, children's rights, gender-based violence, and gender equality. Untold Research, through their expertise in data collection and analysis, collaborated with local research teams to ensure a thorough evaluation of the program's outcomes.
Continuing coverage from our online survey for PAVE, let’s dig into how parents with students in D.C. schools felt COVID-19 protocols were handled. As a reminder, the entirety of the study results can be found here as can customizable dashboard which is free to use.
The understatement of the century is to acknowledge COVID-19 ravished our educational system, leaving no child, parent, or teacher unaffected. PAVE – Parents Amplifying Voices in Education is a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit which connects, informs, and empowers parent leaders to give families in D.C. a voice and choice in the vision for education in the city. To explore and understand Washington D.C. parents’ experience with their child(ren)s’ education, an online survey explored different topics from challenges faced with returning to in-person learning to support for their children’s mental health to satisfaction with schools to sentiments and behaviors around COVID-19 vaccinations. The entirety of the study results can be found here as can customizable dashboard which is free to use.
Previously, I talked about when in-person focus groups were planned and our flights to Colombia were canceled due to COVID-19 mere hours before takeoff. We had to pivot quickly and, while stressful, we learned a few valuable lessons. A few months later when in-person focus groups were still not possible, we were still learning lessons…
Following our baseline study in 2019, Untold Research conducted an endline evaluation of UNICEF’s intervention menstrual hygiene management (MGM) programming in Tangerang, Indonesia. Students, teachers, and principals were interviewed to determine the effectiveness of the program as well as evaluate physical changes to the school property relating to hand washing and bathroom facilities.
