Comparing Classrooms in Ghana and the U.S.
I look around the classroom. Inspirational posters, bulletin boards filled with math facts, and children’s art projects line the walls....
From Volta to Ashanti: A Taste of Regional Ghana
I am the only current expo-worker to have lived and worked in more than one region of Ghana. Last term I was based in the Volta Region,...
Peer Leadership: Living the Program Model
When you look at the staff page of Exponential Education, you see a common theme: young, passionate and skilled. The organization has a...
Continuing to Learn Despite the Limits
A student posing in the middle of a chaotic JHS classroom. One evening in Antoa, there was a crowd of children on our doorstep. They were...
Staff Development, Team Development, International Development
[endif]--One of the goals I had for myself when I took on the Senior Program Manager position was to establish a professional development...
Finding Home
The Expo staff house in Anota, formerly the village post office. As I write this blog post I am sitting outside a coffee shop in...
Introducing the Ghana Scholars Associate: Grace Marfo
My name is Grace Marfo, and I’m from Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana. I am a graduate from the University for Development Studies. I did...
The Power of Peer-to-Peer
One day, I was sitting outside - hiding from the sun under a half-constructed building that serves as the teachers' room when it gets too...
Bringing the boys on board: a term in Kpando
Living as a boarder at a Ghanaian school is just as rigorous an activity as anywhere in the world- commitment to choirs, sports, chapel,...
Introducing Expo's new Intern: Emmanuel
Hello, I am Emmanuel and am one of the new interns at Exponential Education. I was born in Enchi in the western part of Ghana. I started...
