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Policy brief
Teacher wellbeing and the shaping of teacher shortages in crisis-affected contexts
This paper explores the link between teacher wellbeing, attrition, and shortages in crisis-affected contexts, where conflict, refugee influxes, and under-resourced environments exacerbate challenges...
Policy brief
Establishing effective teacher policies: guidelines for action
This document is a call to actively step up the implementation of more effective teacher policies in Latin America, building on the efforts that many countries in the region have already set in motion...
Report
How can teaching be professionalized?
In recent decades, several educational systems in Latin America have undertaken reforms to professionalize teaching. In this current study, the Latin American Coalition for Teaching Excellence, in...
Report
Teaching for success: Teacher policies in Shanghai and lessons for Central America
This report reviews Shanghai’s education system, in particular the aspects related to teachers as a critical element in the system, and compare them with the situation in Central America to identify...
Report
Teachers in Ibero-America. Insights from PISA and TALIS
This report uses OECD data, primarily from the PISA 2015 and TALIS 2013 cycles, and seeks to evaluate the Ibero-American teaching profession in support of policy makers across the region. It provides...
Report
Teacher leadership in developing crisis education responses in Africa and Latin America
In 2020, countries around the world moved to temporarily close educational institutions in an effort to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This UNESCO-commissioned report presents the findings...
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...
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
Protecting education personnel from targeted attack in conflict-affected countries
This briefing paper focuses specifically on targeted attacks on elementary and secondary education personnel and measures implemented to protect them. Education personnel include teachers, education...
Book
Global managerial education: Reforms and teachers - Emerging policies, controversies and issues in developing contexts
This publication, which has resulted from a collaboration between the Education International Research Institute and the University of Amsterdam’s IS Academie, reveals a global trend of educational...