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This article focuses on the initial literacy training provided to students in the first stage of their undergraduate degree in primary education at higher education institutions in the Dominican...

The regional research of the Red para la Lectoescritura Inicial de Centroamérica y el Caribe [Network for Initial Literacy in Central America and the Caribbean – RedLEI] set out to investigate the...

This document is part of a series of follow-up reports on teacher policies by the Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL). These reports seek to foster informed debates on...

This paper reviews an extensive body of research on teacher recruitment and retention, and identifies five major factors that influence teachers’ decisions to enter, stay in, or leave the teaching...

The report discusses teacher shortages in the United States and claims that current estimates likely underestimate the magnitude of the problem. When indicators of teacher quality (certification...

The Survey of Teachers in Pre-primary Education (STEPP) is the first international early childhood care and education (ECCE) personnel survey designed for low-and-middle-income countries, aiming to...

This brief explores strategies to prepare and retain effective special education teachers. Many states in the United States struggle with shortages of special education teachers. To address the...

This regional report summarizes the main findings and recommendations of monitoring reports for Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in 2015. Those reports offer a common...

This policy brief summarizes the main findings and recommendations of a regional report on the state of teacher policies in Central America and the Dominican Republic. The regional report is based on...

Engineering education is emerging as an important component of US K-12 education. Across the country, students in classrooms and after- and out-of-school programs are participating in hands-on...

The Survey of Teachers in Pre-primary Education (STEPP) is a first international survey for low- and middle-income countries, aligned with the OECD Starting Strong Teaching and Learning International...

At a time when several countries are faced with shortages of qualified teachers, a new study undertaken on behalf of the European Commission looks at what Member States could do to attract the best...