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This paper describes the vision and key principles guiding the World Bank’s support to countries on teachers.

This paper reviews the existing body of evidence on what kinds of in-service teacher training interventions are most effective, and highlights the knowledge gaps. It reveals the dearth of detail on...

Many teachers in low- and middle-income countries lack the skills to teach effectively, and professional development (PD) programs are the principal tool that governments use to upgrade those skills...

Student learning levels in low- and middle-income countries are low, and analysis of the proximate causes often points to failures among teachers, whether a lack of content knowledge, high absenteeism...

This research article presents systematic review of government-implemented policies to increase the quantity or quality of teachers in hard-to-staff schools in low- or middle-income countries. The...

This volume is the result of scientific collaboration between Wits School of Education in South Africa and Tübingen School of Education in Germany. It presents a comparative analysis of teacher...

The COVID-19 crisis is one of the biggest disruption of education the world has faced in recent history. As over 1 billion learners have now moved their learning online, the International Task Force...

The recommendations present in this declaration stem from the 11th Policy Dialogue Forum of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 which took place in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from 5...

In an effort to better understand the potential role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education, UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2019 was convened to focus on the role of AI and sustainable development...