On March 19th, the BEC Board met with Julie Cram, the newly appointed Senior Coordinator for Basic Education and Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Economic Development, Education and Environment. BEC provided Ms. Cram with policy recommendations on early childhood education, numeracy, literacy, and gender for the next USAID basic education strategy and laid the groundwork for future consultation on the development of the strategy. We’re looking forward to continuing the Coalition’s engagement with USAID staff to ensure that the next strategy incorporates our input and positions USAID to make progress on international education goals.