{"id":299,"date":"2025-04-14T11:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/excello-site.local\/?p=299"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:19:00","slug":"excello-est-membre-dagir-pour-leducation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/excellolab.org\/en\/excello-est-membre-dagir-pour-leducation\/","title":{"rendered":"Excello is part of \u201cAgir pour l\u2019\u00c9ducation,\u201d an initiative launched by several Coll\u00e8ge de France professors."},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is based on the presentation of \u201cAgir pour l\u2019\u00c9ducation\u201d by the Coll\u00e8ge de France website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launched in 2017, the Excello program aims to develop, test, and distribute innovative teaching tools in schools. These tools foster regular reading and math practice tailored to students\u2019 needs, building on the work of Stanislas Dehaene, professor of Experimental Cognitive Psychology. His research explores the brain mechanisms behind core cognitive functions (consciousness, reasoning, language, reading, and math) and how children learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excello\u2019s main focus is creating Kalulu, a reading method grounded in decoding grapheme\u2013phoneme combinations. Kalulu includes booklets, games, and a mobile\/tablet app, all designed to build vocabulary as well. Since 2022, the method has been tested in 100 classrooms in the Versailles district. Starting in the 2024 school year, teachers nationwide can opt to use Kalulu. International adaptations are underway, and further research projects\u2014especially on how students learn and grasp math\u2014are also in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2022, Excello has been part of \u201cAgir pour l\u2019\u00e9ducation<\/a>\u201d an initiative born from the determination of Coll\u00e8ge de France professors to address the crisis in the French education system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in 2022 from the desire of Coll\u00e8ge de France professors to act in response to the crisis situation facing the French education system, the initiative Agir pour l\u2019\u00e9ducation\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Un enjeu scientifique pour la soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em> a pour ambition\u00a0de placer la recherche scientifique au service de l\u2019\u00e9cole et de continuer \u00e0 contribuer \u00e0 faire vivre la promesse r\u00e9publicaine de l\u2019\u00e9ducation pour tous. Leur ambition : croiser les savoirs et faire avancer la recherche pour mieux comprendre les difficult\u00e9s auxquelles sont confront\u00e9s les \u00e9l\u00e8ves, concevoir des outils p\u00e9dagogiques scientifiquement \u00e9prouv\u00e9s, sensibiliser aux sciences et former des citoyens \u00e9clair\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For roughly 30 years, France has experienced a worrying decline in student performance, particularly in reading and math, coupled with growing social inequalities in academic success and gaps in social-emotional skills. In a fast-changing, tech-driven 21st century, effective lifelong learning has never been more important for inspiring youth and equipping them with the tools to understand and act in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through \u201cAgir pour l\u2019\u00c9ducation,\u201d the Coll\u00e8ge de France aims to study, advise, and take action in all fields of its professors\u2019 expertise. The initiative has two parts: a public conference series on learning and teaching methods, and research projects and educational actions led by Coll\u00e8ge de France professors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n