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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...

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 study, commissioned by UNESCO Office Beirut, analyses the situation of teachers in several Arab countries during the COVID-19 crisis. Given the importance of teachers as leaders and agents of...

This policy brief aims to provide research-informed policy guidance for the effective management of elementary-level teachers in public schools catering to Syrian refugees in Jordan. The guidance is...

This case study documents the relationship between personal and professional experiences of a group of Syrian refugee teachers working in Lebanon. The study shows that refugee educators welcomed the...

Over the past decades, Jordan has made considerable progress in education. The country now offers ten years of compulsory and free basic education, and has seen improved enrolment rates, school...

Teachers play a central role in supporting students whose lives have been disrupted by crisis, yet the teachers providing education to refugee students often are refugees themselves. This article...

Education in contexts affected by mass displacement is typified by political instability, the marginalization of refugee learners, and a lack of educational resources, including learning spaces...

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...

This briefing paper focuses specifically on targeted attacks on elementary and secondary education personnel and measures implemented to protect them. Education personnel include teachers, education...