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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
Time to teach. Puntland, State of Somalia
Teacher absenteeism constitutes a significant barrier to achieving national educational goals in many low and middle-income countries, where teacher absence rates range from 3 to 27 per cent. While...
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...
Brochure / Flyer
Putting SDG4 into practice. School leadership
Inclusive and equitable quality education provides all learners with the capabilities to become economically productive, develop sustainable livelihoods, contribute to peaceful and democratic...
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
Une radioscopie de la formation initiale des enseignants - Primaire et secondaire
Inscrite dans le cadre du programme APPRENDRE développé par l’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie avec l’appui financier de l’Agence Française de Développement, la présente étude comparative sur...
Time to Teach: Teacher attendance and time on task in Eastern and Southern Africa
There is a learning crisis. Fifty-three per cent of children in low- and middle-income countries are in ‘learning poverty’, i.e. they cannot read and understand a simple text by the end of primary...
Report
Qualité des systèmes éducatifs en Afrique Subsaharienne Francophone ; performances et environnement de l’enseignement-apprentissage au primaire
Le PASEC2019 constitue ainsi la deuxième édition d’une enquête périodique internationale dont la phase inaugurale - PASEC2014 - a porté sur 10 pays d’Afrique subsaharienne francophone, à savoir...
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...
Meeting document
6th International Policy Dialogue Forum - Concept note
The 6th Policy Dialogue forum aims to build on the dynamics generated from the previous ones, and takes one step further looking specifically into the core of teacher education at the juncture with...
Meeting document
6th International Policy Dialogue Forum - Final report: The management of teacher education. Trends in policies and practice: What works, why and for whom?
The 6th Policy Dialogue forum aimed to build on the dynamics generated from the previous ones, and takes one step further looking specifically into the core of teacher education at the junction...