The Legal Battle Over Teacher Tenure Jeffrey Puryear ˙ Sep 2, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog California May Still Expand Teacher Tenure Despite Court Ruling / AP Photo - Damian Dovarganes / via Huffington Post on 9/2/14 Pressure is growing to change long-established laws governing teacher tenure, dismissal and seniority in the United States.Read more +
A Little Less Evaluation, A Little More Feedback Alejandro Ganimian ˙ Aug 26, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog Docentes Inedaps / DanielCorzo1 / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Teacher evaluation policies used to improve the effectiveness of teachers may be more successful were they to provide feedback.Read more +
Managing Classrooms to Support Learning ˙ Jul 24, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog Maestra Trabajando / Jorge Tineo / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia Key elements of teacher policy in Latin America and their impact on student learning. Read more +
OECD Teacher Survey Results Belén Cumsille R. ˙ Jul 8, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog our school / woodleywonderworks / CC BY 2.0 Emerging trends in teaching in Latin America identified by TALIS. The positives and negatives, and suggestions for improvement. Read more +
Can Evaluating Teachers Improve Effectiveness? T’Nia Crutchfield ˙ Jun 11, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog National Academy of Sciences / CC BY-NC-SA PREAL Policy Brief looks at Washington, DCs evaluation systems, and how it could impact teacher policy in Latin America.Read more +
Strengthening Teacher Policy to Facilitate Change ˙ Apr 10, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog “Evaluarán las distintas estrategias para enseñar a leer en los establecimientos subvencionados chilenos”/ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/Flickr/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Why good teachers are critical to the success of education systems and how PREAL is seeking to bring attention to the issue. Read more +
Which Teacher Policies Improve Student Performance? ˙ Aug 2, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog La Noticia Ya! What recent research and experience tell us about achieving eight goals set by the SABER-Teachers Program.Read more +
VIDEO: Teacher Policy Assessment ˙ Aug 7, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog World Bank Short video discussing research on teacher policies for the SABER initiative.Read more +