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In 2015, Liberia’s school system was in shambles. Years of civil war and a 2014 Ebola outbreak shut down schools nation-wide; only radical action could correct course. Then-President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf charged then-Education Minister George Werner with doing just that.
The following year, Werner implemented the Liberian Education Advancement Program (LEAP). This initiative brought in 8 independent operators to run a handful of Liberian schools, the most successful of which was Kenya-based Bridge International Academies.
On this episode, host Nat Malkus talks with Werner and Steve Cantrell, Bridge International’s vice president of measurement and evaluation. Join the discussion on the educational landscape of Liberia, Bridge International’s impressive outcomes, and the work yet to be done.
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