Matthew Jukes
@matthewchjukes
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International education, child development, evaluation and evidence. Previously @RTI_Intl HGSE @RoomtoRead Pleased to tweet you.
London
Joined December 2008
First published findings from the new @LEGOfoundation #PLAY tool measuring 'support for engagement of learners' which showed greater sensitivity to a preschool quality intervention in Ghana: https://t.co/aQXayKnwi6
@WolfsSharon
@HiroYoshikawaNY
@jonathanmbstern
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A great opportunity to work with the amazing #Luminos Fund (and with me!) as Associate Director on our impact team https://t.co/E0Zu4TsGrK
the-luminos-fund.breezy.hr
The Luminos Fund, an international nonprofit bringing education opportunities to the world’s most marginalized children, is seeking an Associate Director of Impact to manage its dynamic Impact team...
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How much and what type of evidence is "enough" to take the next jump in the scaling journey? Our new case study is out exploring these dynamics in the case of education reform. Produced by the @BlavatnikSchool Case Centre in collaboration with the What Works Hub for Global
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Just an amazingly small amount of money is spent on education in Africa
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📚📊 NEW @CGDev RESEARCH: Children who master basic reading and math in primary school earn significantly more as adults. Evidence that foundational literacy and numeracy skills have real economic returns throughout life.
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WEIRD Physiology: while psychologists continue to insist that they can infer 'human' thinking from narrow American samples, data from on physiology, health & anatomy confirms the phenotype-altering impact of WEIRD lifestyles. Fascinating piece @MGurven
nature.com
Nature Aging - Analyzing readouts of inflammaging across four cohorts, Franck and colleagues identify strong variation and observe that inflammaging, in its known form, primarily emerges in...
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Sad to be leaving @RTI_Intl after 9+ years. I've had a blast. Mainly because of the amazing group of smart, curious, productive, effective, warm, human and funny (in a good way) people I got to work with. More reflections here: https://t.co/dbsujjDuDY More on next steps soon.
linkedin.com
This is my last week at RTI International after 9+ years. It’s been a blast. I thought I’d devote a post to explaining why. Most importantly, the International Education Division at RTI was a fun...
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This is a defining moment for education. By identifying strategies that encourage efficient implementation while ensuring sustainability, we can build stronger, more resilient education systems: https://t.co/XJsXhkezmG
#InvestInPeople
@angrist_noam @WWHGlobalED @benlpiper
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Morality across time and space, now published in ERSP.
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📣 With a growing fiscal crunch, we have launched a compendium of resources at @WWHGlobalEd focused on efficient & sustainable solutions w/ @WBG_Education & @gatesfoundation -- please share your best ideas & examples to be featured in the compendium. https://t.co/JTMaZajzce
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If you want real faces to put on the numbers... This is video of a dying child, who USAID would likely have saved if DOGE had not destroyed the agency.
“She is refusing to eat anything. Even if I gave her water she will refuse it” - Khadija with her malnourished daughter, Fatima, in Khartoum.
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A/B testing is a fast and flexible evaluation method gaining traction in tech but still underused in the social sector. Join our #CIES2025 panel on 26 March to explore the application of #ABtesting in education! @angrist_noam
@mandabeat @Vishal27Sunil @andresparrado63
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Strong evidence shows that approaches such as structured pedagogy and teaching at the right level can boost learning in low- & middle-income countries. Join our #CIES2025 panel on March 25 to explore key insights and innovations! @MichelleKaffs @matthewchjukes @heatherleighkay
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This panel should be a fun one. Hope you can join us.
@cies_us 1️⃣ Core components of effective implementation: Unpacking successful educational interventions 🗓️ Tue, March 25, 2.45pm to 4pm (CST) 📍 Palmer House, Floor: 7th Floor, Clark 9 🔗 https://t.co/GdzcIYCzvb
@MichelleKaffs @matthewchjukes @heatherleighkay #CIES2025
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@cies_us 1️⃣ Core components of effective implementation: Unpacking successful educational interventions 🗓️ Tue, March 25, 2.45pm to 4pm (CST) 📍 Palmer House, Floor: 7th Floor, Clark 9 🔗 https://t.co/GdzcIYCzvb
@MichelleKaffs @matthewchjukes @heatherleighkay #CIES2025
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Tuesday 11 March 1-2pm GMT The Engage Toolkit: Measuring adult-child interactions that promote learning New toolkit measuring support children receive from teachers & caregivers @matthewchjukes @RTI_Intl in collaboration with @PEDALCam Register: https://t.co/5RxFHdjvz8
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I had to sign this letter to the UK PM on the aid cuts. National Security is a public good: people rightly expect the state to provide it. How to fund it is a key public finance decision. Sensible public financial management is all about trade-offs. This was the wrong one.
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This is a great paper showing how one pedagogical approach (differentiated instruction) can be applied in very different ways with very different effects. https://t.co/NLWSD0QNns
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📣 Join our team in South Africa as a Research Manager! Support cutting-edge research on a set of scaling evidence-based programs in collaboration w/ the Department of Basic Education @youthimpactorg @LEGOfoundation @ZenexF @WWHGlobalEd
https://t.co/iL9ryjb2Mq
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I think it's useful to separate out critiques of RCTs from critiques of empirical studies, empirical studies with lead researchers from rich countries, empirical with original fieldwork, etc. I talk about some of these in Population & Development Review https://t.co/qmPhLY7CDk
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*How* did so much of the world's population exit extreme poverty? @vinnyarmentano , Tom Vogl and I wanted to know; here is what we've found.. https://t.co/0uuNtVIKcW
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