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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...
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
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 the first international early childhood care and education (ECCE) personnel survey designed for low-and-middle-income countries, aiming to...
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...
Policy document
Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Framework (SEA-TCF)
This publication is a product of a regional collaboration involving 11 Ministries of Education in Southeast Asia (10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations -ASEAN- countries plus Timor Leste) working...
Report
Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education
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...
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...
Book
State of the art and policy guidelines on the training and professional development of early childhood teachers in Latin America and the Caribbean
This document presents the state of the art with regard to policies for the training and professional development of early childhood teachers in Latin America and the Caribbean and a set of guidelines...
Book
ERI-Net Asia-Pacific Regional Policy Series Preparing and Supporting Teachers in the Asia-Pacific to Meet the Challenges of Twenty-first Century Learning Regional Synthesis Report 2015 ERI-Net Regional Study on Transversal Competencies in Education Policy
With ongoing reshaping of socio-economic development by globalization and regional integration, and as new demands are placed on the labour market, many countries have responded by reforming education...
Report
Transforming Teaching and Learning in Asia and the Pacific : Case studies from seven countries
The question of what and how students should learn has been occupying a central place in debates on education in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region (UNESCO, 2014). In response to these debates...
Meeting document
Hanoi workshop report
Report of the Hanoi Workshop Addressing the EFA Teacher Gap: What Makes Effective Policies and Practices in Asian Countries? Case Studies on: Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam - November 2011...
Report
The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development
TNTP reimagine teaching Do we know how to help teachers improve? The Mirage challenges the widely held perception among education leaders that we know what works when it comes to teacher development...