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This paper studies the effects of two dimensions of teacher quality, subject knowledge and didactic skills, on student learning in francophone Sub-Saharan Africa. It uses data from an international...

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...

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...

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...

Teach ECE is a free classroom observation tool that provides a window into one of the less explored and more important aspects of a child’s education: what goes on in the classroom. The tool is...

Teach Primary is a free classroom observation tool that provides a window into one of the less explored and more important aspects of a child’s education: what goes on in the classroom. The tool is...

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...

This brief provides a synthesis of the key findings of the report "The Public Versus Austerity" as applied to education. The brief challenges the IMF’s routine recommendation of public sector wage...

This study prepared for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) examines whether countries are working to gather relevant data to inform their policy and work to improve teaching quality. It can...

The GPE Secretariat has published a three-part series of guidance notes to unpack the complex and inherently interlinked questions that underpin value for money in education. As a partnership with a...

In sub-Saharan Africa, the loss of teaching hours due to teacher absenteeism corresponds to a waste of approximately 46 cents for every US dollar invested in education, an annual wastage of 1–3% of...

The fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) aims to ensure better learning opportunities and outcomes and more equitable and inclusive education for all. SDG target 4.c calls for an increase in...