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29.01.2025

Teacher wellbeing and the shaping of teacher shortages in crisis-affected contexts

This paper explores the link between teacher wellbeing, attrition, and shortages in crisis-affected contexts, where conflict, refugee influxes, and under-resourced environments exacerbate challenges...

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11.09.2023

Working and learning together. Rethinking human resource policies for schools

The staff working in schools are the most important resource for today’s education systems, both educationally and financially. This report aims to provide guidance for the design of human resource...

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25.08.2023

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...

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26.04.2023

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...

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29.11.2022
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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

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07.04.2021

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...

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Policy brief

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18.11.2020