Analysis

ICTs & Teacher Training

Preparing students for the 21st century requires the use of ICTs and technology in schools

Sarah Swig

State of Teacher Policies in Central America & DR

Despite the importance of teachers in the learning process, systems for recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting teachers remain deficient

Federico Sucre, Ariel Fiszbein

Reports ˙

The Skills Development Challenge in Latin America

The lack of adequate skills represents a bottleneck to productivity growth and to the ability of workers to obtain gainful employment in Latin America.

Ariel Fiszbein, Clemencia Cosentino, Belén Cumsille

Reports ˙

Producing High-Quality Teachers

Teaching is crucial to high-quality education, yet there is little agreement on how to produce high-quality teachers

Jeffrey Puryear

Reports ˙

Setting the Stage for Improved Learning

Despite the importance of teachers in the learning process, systems for recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting teachers remain deficient.

Federico Sucre, Ariel Fiszbein

Reports ˙

Latin America’s Productivity Challenge

There is a gap between the skills that the Latin American workforce offers and the skills that companies in the region demand.

Federico Sucre, Maria Oviedo

Event Summaries ˙

Construyendo una educación de calidad

Construyendo una educación de calidad shows that children and young Latin Americans are not learning at acceptable levels and proposes the creation of social pacts to improve education quality.

Books ˙

What Do Great Teachers Do?

Recent research suggests that teachers are the most important factor in improving student learning.

Jeffrey Puryear

Articles & Op-Eds ˙

What Do We Know about School Principals?

Principals play a key role in student achievement, teacher engagement, and the overall success of schools

Federico Sucre, José Weinstein, Gonzalo Muñoz

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