The Luminos Fund

10/13/2026

! 📣 We’re looking for a Digital Marketing Manager to help more people discover, engage with, and support joyful, foundational learning for the world’s most vulnerable children!

In this role, you’ll launch and grow our online individual giving program and lead digital outreach for major fundraising and awareness campaigns.

Are you ambitious, creative, and data-informed — with a passion for mission-driven work? We’d love to hear from you!

Based in Boston or London, with remote candidates in ET/GMT time zones considered. Learn more and apply > https://luminosfund.org/careers/

10/12/2026

In honor of , we're celebrating girls like Helen from . 💛

Before joining the Luminos program, Helen was nervous about attending school. After stepping into her joyful classroom, she quickly began to thrive—connecting with classmates, gaining confidence, and building the reading, writing, and math skills she needs to pursue her dreams.

"When I grow up, I'd like to be a pilot," says Helen. "To be a pilot, it requires getting a good education."

Getting girls into school is only part of the challenge. What they learn once they're there matters just as much. At Luminos, girls and boys experience similarly significant learning gains in classrooms designed to challenge gender norms, promote girls' leadership and voice, and ensure every child feels safe and supported.

Explore our approach to girls' education in the > https://luminosfund.org/luminos-method/girls-education/

10/09/2026

The first step toward inclusion is within reach of every school system, even where resources are scarce. It starts with designing lessons and materials so every child is seen, taught well, and supported to learn from the start.

In a new blog post ahead of , Luminos’ Rastee Chaudhry and Manuella Ankrah explore what that looks like in practice.

At Luminos, inclusion is built into every design decision. Lessons draw on local texts, traditional games, and familiar places, grounding learning in children’s own cultures and communities. Our materials ensure every child— including those with disabilities—feels represented, and our phonics-based approach is structured so all of them can build foundational skills from day one.

Read the blog and explore our online library of joyful, inclusive, and locally rooted structured pedagogy materials > https://luminosfund.org/blog/inclusion-by-design-how-luminos-creates-materials-that-help-every-child-learn/

Inclusive instruction is within reach of every school system. Here’s how Luminos designs materials and teacher training so every child learns from day one.

10/08/2026

Most children in the world's poorest countries cannot read a simple sentence by age 10. Getting children into school is only part of the challenge. What happens once they're there matters just as much.

Next week, our CEO Caitlin Baron joins leaders from six other organizations for a webinar hosted by The Life You Can Save, exploring their new Education Sector Report—where the learning crisis is deepest, what works to address it, and where giving can make the greatest difference.

📅 Tuesday, October 13 | 12:00pm EDT

Register here to watch it live and access the recording > https://bit.ly/4yGsL9h

10/06/2026

📅 Join us on 8 October at 1pm UTC for a web event on what works in non-formal education for reaching out-of-school girls!

Our Associate Director of Programs, Rastee Chaudhry, will join education experts to share evidence from our classrooms on identifying barriers to education for girls and how best to support them.

Register here ➡️ https://rescue.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lzGpEBK3RMK7uXooEybIKg #/registration

In recognition of International Day of the Girl 2026, INEE’s Accelerated Education Working Group and CARE invites you to a webinar on what works in non-formal education for reaching out-of-school girls. In this webinar, we will unpack the latest in evidence and trends about who is out-of-school, a...

10/05/2026

On , we're celebrating the teachers at the heart of our work. 👩‍🏫💛

In Luminos classrooms across Africa, teachers do far more than deliver lessons. They create the conditions for children to feel safe, confident, and capable in the classroom—many for the very first time.

Behind every great teacher is a system that supports them. Our Teacher's Guides, training, and coaching are designed to give teachers practical, structured support in their daily work.

Thank you to every teacher who brings our joyful classrooms to life, and to teachers everywhere who make learning possible!

10/02/2026

Happy Friday! 🎉 Learning doesn't stop at the classroom door. Here's a joyful moment from , where Luminos students are doing what children do best—learning and playing together.

10/01/2026

📩Our quarterly newsletter is here, and this edition is packed with exciting updates! Here's what's inside:

- We launched Luminos' open-access library of structured pedagogy materials during UNGA week—developed and refined over a decade with teachers and government partners, and free to download and adapt.

-New results from government classrooms in Ethiopia show what these materials can achieve at scale. In Sidama, our program grew fivefold as government supervisors took on teacher coaching, without losing impact.

-During UNGA week, Luminos joined leading philanthropies to mobilize $50 million in pledges to support the Global Partnership for Education, helping unlock financing for government-led foundational learning in Ethiopia, Liberia, and beyond.

💡Plus: key insights and blogs from the Luminos team, and a new video on our government partnership story in Ethiopia!

Read the full newsletter and sign up today to never miss an update! > https://luminosfund.org/spotlight-newsletter/

09/28/2026

Last week, we hosted our tenth annual luncheon during the UN General Assembly (UNGA) week—and it was a milestone moment.

We launched our open-access library of structured pedagogy materials and shared new results from Ethiopia showing what effective, evidence-based materials can achieve at scale.

We were joined by leading voices in education, including Dr. Benjamin Piper of the Gates Foundation and Dr. Joan Oviawe of FLIGHT, to explore how to strengthen foundational learning across sub-Saharan Africa.

Read the full recap on our blog >

09/25/2026

Great tools should be in as many hands as possible. We're delighted to share that all Luminos classroom materials—available in over seven languages—are free to download and adapt! 🎉🧑‍🏫

Our open-access library includes thousands of pages of structured pedagogy materials developed and refined across Luminos programs. They are proven to help children build strong foundational skills in joyful, engaging classrooms. The library includes:

- Teacher's Guides with structured daily lesson plans
- Student Books for practicing reading, writing, and math
- Classroom storybooks
- Child protection and safeguarding materials

Designed for governments, implementers, and education leaders who want to build on what works. Access the full library > https://luminosfund.org/our-materials/