Research

Research

Bringing the Bottom Billion into Basic Literacy

What tablet deployments in Ethiopia and rural America taught Wolf and her collaborators about how children learn to read.

What tablet deployments in Ethiopia and rural America taught Wolf and her collaborators about how children learn to read.

What tablet deployments in Ethiopia and rural America taught Wolf and her collaborators about how children learn to read.

Stephanie Gottwald, Robin Morris, Maryanne Wolf & Tinsley Galyean

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The paper describing Curious Learning, the global-literacy initiative Wolf co-founded: tablets with research-based literacy apps for children with no schools, in Ethiopia, rural America, and beyond.

Close to one billion people in the world do not have basic literacy skills.

— Gottwald, Morris, Wolf & Galyean, 2017

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

© 2026 Nido Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.