On Global Courses
Explore the course material available for your institution. Review a course with your teachers, then adapt it to your syllabus, learners, and language requirements.
The gap
A school in a remote district with no national textbooks. A refugee center serving four nationalities in one room. A francisation cohort with no adult-level material. The classroom is there. The curriculum is not. Global Courses is the library we hand them so the teaching can start now, not next year.
40%
Of people globally lack access to education in a language they speak and understand fluently, according to UNESCO.
3checks
Syllabus, language, and learner level. Review all three with your teachers before choosing course material.
70%
Estimated learning poverty in 2022 in low- and middle-income countries: children unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10.
How to use it
Start with a course from the catalog or bring your own syllabus. Teachers can preview available courses and adopt an editable copy, then adapt the material to the class they teach.
Mode A
Lessons, worked examples, exercises, assessments, teacher guides. Review the available material against your learning objectives before assigning it to a class.
Mode B
Adopt a course to create your own editable class. Review its units, update the teaching material, and add assessments for your learners. Your changes belong to your class copy.
Find the right starting point
Tell us the subject, grade or learner level, syllabus, and language you need. We’ll confirm the available course material and what needs adapting before you plan a rollout.
Review a sample lesson with your teachers. Check the content, assessment approach, and language together, then decide what to keep and what to build.
Request course samples →The screen
We don't write our own standard. Curriculum alignment should be reviewed against the frameworks relevant to your school. These references can inform that work; listing them here does not imply accreditation or endorsement.
Reading & math
UNESCO
Global Proficiency Framework
The international reference for reading and math proficiency, G1 to G9. Used by ministries and donors to compare across countries.
G1 to G9 · Reading · Math
Curriculum
Cambridge
Primary & Lower Secondary
Cambridge Assessment's frameworks for English, math, and science. Adopted by international schools in 100+ countries.
English · Math · Science
Languages
CEFR
Common European Framework
A reference for describing language proficiency from A1 to C2. Confirm which framework and levels your institution requires.
A1 to C2 · All languages
Benchmarks
TIMSS
& PIRLS Frameworks
The IEA frameworks behind international math, science, and reading studies. PIRLS assesses reading at Grade 4; TIMSS assesses math and science at Grades 4 and 8.
G4 & G8 · IEA
Secondary
PISA
OECD Framework
The OECD's framework for 15-year-olds in reading, math, and science literacy. Supports international comparisons of how students apply their knowledge.
Age 15 · Applied knowledge
Floor
WB
Learning Poverty Benchmark
The World Bank's "read and understand a simple text by age 10." The floor every reading course must clear, not the ceiling.
Age 10 · Reading floor
A starting point for your teachers
Use the curriculum workspace to review units and topics and develop teaching material for your class. Confirm the subjects, editions, and languages available for your school with our team.
See the curriculum tools →Review the curriculum map and open a unit draft. This preview does not publish a course.
Want the full course list?
Tell us which subject, grade, and language you need, and we'll send the matching course outline with its framework crosswalk. If you bring your own syllabus, we'll send a gap analysis too.