Bidemi Carrol

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Bidemi Carrol
Senior Research Education Manager,
Research Triangle Institute

Bidemi Carrol serves as senior research education manager for Research Triangle Institute where she is project manager for MERIT: The Malawi Early Grade Reading Improvement Activity. Her previous educational development experience abroad includes several positions focused on education in West Africa. As a specialist for the World Bank, she managed the Sierra Leone education portfolio and provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. For an FHI360 project funded by the UK Department for International Development, she coordinated the Girls’ Education Challenge in Sierra Leone. For the International Rescue Committee, she provided overall leadership for the LEGACY Initiative, which supported the reconstruction of education systems affected by conflict in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Côte d’Ivoire. She is a member of the Comparative and International Education Society and the Sierra Leone chapter of the Forum of African Women Educationalists. Carrol received her PhD in international and comparative education from Stanford University.

updated 2002

Contributing topics
Access, quality & alignment in early childhood education
Education finance
Educational governance & policy
Publications by Bidemi Carrol
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Child Care in Poor Communities
Early Learning Effects of Type, Quality, and Stability
Young children in poor communities are spending more hours in nonparental care because of policy reforms and expansion of early childhood programs. Studies show positive effects of high-quality, center-based care on children's cognitive growth. Yet…
New Lives for Poor Families? Mothers and Young Children Move through Welfare Reform
New Lives for Poor Families?
Mothers and Young Children Move Through Welfare Reform
Policy leaders in Washington and the states are engaging a new debate over an old question: How can society best aid jobless mothers and enrich their children’s lives? The dramatic reform of family welfare policies in 1996, aided by robust economic…
New Lives for Poor Families? Mothers and Young Children Move through Welfare Reform: Executive Summary
New Lives for Poor Families?
Mothers and Young Children Move Through Welfare Reform: Executive Summary
Policy leaders in Washington and the states are engaging a new debate over an old question: How can society best aid jobless mothers and enrich their children’s lives? The dramatic reform of family welfare policies in 1996, aided by robust economic…