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Report
Time to Teach – Niger
Teacher absenteeism is one of the major challenges to achieving universal education in many developing countries. Previous studies have identified teacher absenteeism as a particular challenge in...
Presentation
Making teacher policy work
Presentation by Ezequiel Molina, Senior Economist in the Education Global Practice, World Bank, at the online workshop Global pathways to an attractive teaching profession, that was held on 6th...
Article
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...
Article
Teacher transfers and the disruption of teacher staffing in the City of Sao Paulo
This paper analyzes preferences for certain school attributes among in-service teachers. It explores a centralized matching process in the city of Sao Paulo that teachers must use when transferring...
Report
Teachers and teaching in Sierra Leone. Teacher quality and management study
This study analyzes the scope and content of the teaching profession in Sierra Leone, describing its main challenges and providing recommendations to better align teacher training with education needs...
Article
What matters most for teacher deployment? A case study of teacher preferences in Sierra Leone
This study aimed to better understand why the inequitable distribution of teachers persists in Sierra Leone despite the investments in the education workforce, and how the government may resolve this...
Report
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...
Report
Teach in action: Three case studies of Teach implementation
This document summarizes three cases of Teach Primary implementations in Guyana; Mozambique; and Punjab, Pakistan, highlighting how the tool has been deployed in the field and describing its impact on...
Report
Seleccionar y asignar docentes en América Latina y el Caribe: un camino para la calidad y equidad en educación
Considerando los desafíos que la región enfrenta en seleccionar y asignar los mejores docentes a las escuelas que más los necesitan este documento busca responder dos preguntas fundamentales: ¿cómo...
Report
El problema de la escasez de docentes en Latinoamérica y las políticas para enfrentarlo
Para contribuir al debate sobre la escasez de docentes en Latinoamérica, este artículo reúne información inédita de la región para construir indicadores y analizar la falta de docentes en cinco...
Policy brief
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
Distance learning and teacher training strategies. Lessons from the Caribbean
This report describes the Distance Learning and Teacher Training Strategies in the Caribbean SIDS (Small Island Developing States) programme, which was launched in 2021 in response to the urgent...