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Successful teachers, successful students: Recruiting and supporting society's most crucial profession
This paper describes the vision and key principles guiding the World Bank’s support to countries on teachers.
Article
Training teachers on the job: what works and how to measure it
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...
Article
Teacher professional development around the world: the gap between evidence and practice
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...
Report
School Leadership Network Annual Report: Navigating Challenges and Inspiring Change
This document presents the School Leadership Network's Annual Report for the year 2022. It encapsulates the collective journey of the network towards fostering effective school leadership and...
Article
The working conditions of teachers in low- and middle-income countries
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...
Article
How to recruit teachers for hard-to-staff schools: A systematic review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries
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...
Policy document
Three-year action plan 2021–2023 for the Stratégie nationale sur la question enseignante [National Teacher Strategy for Burkina Faso – SNAQUE]
Burkina Faso has developed a National Teacher Strategy for the 2021–2025 period, driven by the desire to not only meet the commitments made to the international community, but also and above all to...
Policy document
Stratégie nationale sur la question enseignante [National Teacher Strategy for Burkina Faso – SNAQUE] 2021–2025
A study into teaching was carried out in 2019 with the technical and financial support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The preliminary results show...
Article
Educators for change: Supporting the transformative role of teachers in contexts of mass displacement
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...
Report
Research and Analysis of School Closures Response in the Americas (RASCRA) - 2020
Launched on February 2021, this report summarizes an investigation carried out by The Varkey Foundation in partnership with the British Council. It compiles measures taken during the pandemic by...
Meeting document
School Leadership Network - August 2021 Meetings
In August we held our fourth meeting with School Principals and our second meeting with education experts, where we reflected on the future scenarios desired as leaders and the current factors that...