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Identifying the essential ingredients to literacy and numeracy improvement: Teacher professional development and coaching, student textbooks, and structured teachers’ guides
Using literacy and numeracy outcome measures for grades 1 and 2, this study evaluated the benefits of the following ingredients: (1) teacher PD and teacher instructional support and coaching; (2)...
Report
Safe to learn: what do teachers think and do about violence in schools?
This study presents the results of a survey of around 35,000 teachers (81% of whom were from Latin America) conducted for a UNESCO study as part of the Safe to Learn initiative to end violence in...
Policy brief
Teachers at the centre: the role and needs of Asia-Pacific teachers in addressing violence and school-related gender-based violence
Drawing primarily on two recent studies, this brief highlights the experiences and voices of teachers in the Asia-Pacific region and argues for greater investment in teachers’ professional development...
Report
The State of School Education; One Year into the COVID Pandemic
In 2020, 1.5 billion students in 188 countries/economies were locked out of their schools. Students everywhere have been faced with schools that are open one day and closed the next, causing massive...
Brochure / Flyer
Sources for international, regional and national-level teacher data
SDG 4 is the education goal that aims to “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” It is made up of ten targets. To support the role of...
Report
Landscape Review: Teacher Well-being in Low Resource, Crisis, and Conflict-affected Settings
This landscape review, which was commissioned by the Education Equity Research Initiative, serves as a first step in filling the evidence gap by building an understanding of teacher well-being in low...
Article
How Does the Newly Added DAC Evaluation Criterion “Coherence” Contribute to Achieving the SDG Target 4.c for Teachers?
The OECD DAC’s Network on Development Evaluation (EvalNet) adapted definitions for the five DAC evaluation criteria and added one new criterion – coherence – in 2018 to advance the 2030 Agenda...
Periodical
UNHCR Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa - Education Newsletter #22
Teachers have been on the front line in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly added to the already immense challenges they face in subSaharan Africa. Despite these many...
Report
Reabrir las escuelas en América Latina y el Caribe: claves, desafíos y dilemas para planificar el retorno seguro a las clases presenciales
La suspensión de clases presenciales como consecuencia de la pandemia de COVID-19 afectó profundamente los sistemas educativos de América Latina y el Caribe, y puso en riesgo los avances alcanzados en...
Report
Measuring global education goals: How TIMSS helps
This booklet has been prepared for the international release of TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) 2019 and in the context of the study’s efforts to advance the global...
Report
Survey of Teachers in Pre-primary Education (STEPP) - Lessons from the implementation of the pilot study and field trial of international survey instruments
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...
Meeting document
Teaching policies and learning outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and options - Summary
In a context of education crisis, it is crucial for national teaching policies to be more tightly connected with the broader education improvement agenda, as well as systemic and school-based efforts...