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The professionalization of school leadership in Latin America: A review of eight educational systems
This study was commissioned and published for the Global Education Monitoring Report on school leadership (2024/5). It investigates the professionalization of school leadership in eight Latin American...
Report
Teachers and teaching in Sierra Leone: Teacher quality management study
This study analyzes the scope and content of the teaching profession in Sierra Leone, describing its main challenges and providing recommendations to better align teacher training with education needs...
Report
Costa Rica. The state of public teacher policies
This report analyses the state of public teacher policies in Costa Rica. It was prepared with the support of the Inter-American Dialogue, the State of the Nation Programme of the National Council of...
Article
Solving the teacher shortage: How to attract and retain excellent educators
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...
Report
Teachers and teaching in Sierra Leone. Teacher quality and management study
This study analyzes the scope and content of the teaching profession in Sierra Leone, describing its main challenges and providing recommendations to better align teacher training with education needs...
Article
What matters most for teacher deployment? A case study of teacher preferences in Sierra Leone
This study aimed to better understand why the inequitable distribution of teachers persists in Sierra Leone despite the investments in the education workforce, and how the government may resolve this...
Report
The teacher shortage is real, large and growing, and worse than we thought
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...
Report
Seleccionar y asignar docentes en América Latina y el Caribe: un camino para la calidad y equidad en educación
Considerando los desafíos que la región enfrenta en seleccionar y asignar los mejores docentes a las escuelas que más los necesitan este documento busca responder dos preguntas fundamentales: ¿cómo...
Policy brief
Preparing and retaining effective special education teachers: Short-term strategies for long-term solutions
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...
Report
Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education
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...
Report
The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development
TNTP reimagine teaching Do we know how to help teachers improve? The Mirage challenges the widely held perception among education leaders that we know what works when it comes to teacher development...