Learning Systems Institute

USAID-Florida State University partnership set to boost teacher training systems in Zambia

Published: October 15, 2020 | 2:38 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, an associate professor with the Learning Systems Institute and director of the USAID Transforming Teacher Education Program. (Florida State University)

The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University will lead a five-year, $15 million project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve pre-service teacher training in Zambia. LSI faculty, in collaboration with partners School-to-School International and the University of Zambia, will work with 12 universities and colleges of education in […]

#FSUglobal: Florida State makes connections around the world

Published: November 5, 2019 | 3:20 pm | Posted in: University News

Alumni of FSU International Programs get ready to march in the annual Homecoming Parade.

In every corner of the globe, Florida State University students, faculty and staff are connecting with different cultures and developing research partnerships. FSU is celebrating International Education Month this November to highlight the vast array of opportunities available to the FSU community both on and off campus. “Florida State recognizes the value of global connections […]

USAID and Florida State University researchers partner to establish Nigerian Center for Reading Research And Development

Published: August 24, 2017 | 11:20 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Students in a classroom in northern Nigeria, where FSU’s Learning Systems Institute and Florida Center for Reading Research are teaming up with Bayero University-Kano in Nigeria to strengthen teacher education and improve children’s reading skills.

Acquiring reading skills can be difficult in an ideal setting, let alone an environment affected by crisis or conflict. That, however, is the harsh reality more than 2 million children living in northern Nigeria face each day. With the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a new partnership between researchers at Florida […]

Egyptian educators visit FSU under State Department program to study U.S. community college system

Published: April 11, 2017 | 10:27 am | Posted in: Education & Society

President John Thrasher, at right, accepts a commemoration honoring FSU during a luncheon welcoming the Egyptian education administrators. From left: Dr. Nouran Abd El Hamid Ibrahim of Mansoura University; Anthony Koliha, director of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Educational Programs; Dr. Ibrahim Elbesoumy of Alexandria Technical Institute; and Professor Dr. Essam Khamis Alhanash, deputy minister of higher education and research, Arab Republic of Egypt.

Florida State University President John Thrasher welcomed to campus a delegation of Egyptian educators who are spending six weeks in Florida to study the U.S. community colleges. “It is an honor to host this program because we know how important community colleges can be in opening doors to new opportunities for so many people, whether […]

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