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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...

With the theme ‘Addressing global teacher shortages: Dignifying, diversifying and valorizing the profession’, this year’s Forum will investigate common challenges leading to teacher shortages, how to...

This policy brief reviews the global debate on how to produce high-quality teachers, and connects that debate with conditions prevailing in Latin America. It discusses diverse approaches to the...

This policy brief summarizes the main findings and recommendations of a regional report on the state of teacher policies in Central America and the Dominican Republic. The regional report is based on...

The organization and management of teacher careers have been central to Colombia’s strategy for education quality improvement. Since the early 2000s, the country has experienced many education reforms...

A teacher career reform was adopted in 2012 in Peru as part of a national effort to enhance the value of the teaching profession and restore confidence in the government’s ability to efficiently...

In Mexico, the implementation of new teacher career policies adopted as a part of an education reform in 2013 was subject to intense public debate and protests coordinated by organized teacher groups...

Este Catastro de Experiencias que abarca las cuatro dimensiones de formación inicial; formación continua y desarrollo profesional; carrera docente y condiciones de trabajo; e instituciones y procesos...

Under the auspices of the Teacher Task Force (TTF), a regional meeting for members from the Latin America and the Caribbean region was held to discuss countries’ challenges and national responses in...

UNESCO is aware that the main challenge faced by the teaching profession refers to the number of teachers at schools, the quality of their training and the school and working conditions. Since 2012...

This report reviews the current situation for the teaching profession in Latin America. The regulations of 18 countries in the region were gathered based on four core concepts: the access mechanisms...