Alejandro Ganimian Archives

Should Teaching “Soft” Skills Be a Priority?

Alejandro Ganimian ˙ Dec 9, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

An argument for teaching non-cognitive skills at school, as described through an interview with Paul Tough.Read more +

A Little Less Evaluation, A Little More Feedback

Alejandro Ganimian ˙ Aug 26, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

Photo Credit: Docentes Inedaps / DanielCorzo1 / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (with modifications)

Teacher evaluation policies used to improve the effectiveness of teachers may be more successful were they to provide feedback.Read more +

Clues for Improving Education in Argentina

Ariel Fiszbein ˙ Jun 24, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

Evaluarán las distintas estrategias para enseñar a leer en los establecimientos subvencionados chilenos / Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile /(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

An Interview with Manuel A. Alvarez Trongé and Alejandro J. Ganimian on the quality of education in Argentina.Read more +

Even Your Children Go to a Bad School

Alejandro Ganimian ˙ Feb 10, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

There are few students who excel in Latin America, even students from higher socio-economic backgrounds perform poorly.Read more +

PISA Results in Argentina

˙ Dec 20, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog

Ten myths that try to explain Argentina’s low 2012 PISA scores.Read more +

How to Evaluate the Impact of Education Policies

˙ Aug 13, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog

Presentation on methods to conduct a rigorous evaluation of education interventions and why such assessment of policy is necessary.Read more +

Which Teacher Policies Improve Student Performance?

˙ Aug 2, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog

What recent research and experience tell us about achieving eight goals set by the SABER-Teachers Program.Read more +

Attracting the Best to the Teaching Profession

˙ Jun 7, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog

Study explores how talented students decide whether to enter the teaching profession. What factors are important?Read more +

Argentina Refuses to Release Test Scores

˙ Nov 30, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

Article discusses Argentina’s ban on publishing the results of student achievement tests and its implications for education quality.Read more +

VIDEO: Teacher Policy Assessment

˙ Aug 7, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

Short video discussing research on teacher policies for the SABER initiative.Read more +

VIDEO: PREAL’s Study Tour in Boston

˙ Aug 2, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

Video of Latin American education policy leaders and their reflections on education practices in Boston.Read more +

PREAL Hosts Study Tour for Young Leaders in Boston

˙ May 29, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

Study tour aims to expose participants to innovations and encourage them to apply lessons learned in their own countries.Read more +

SABER: World Bank develops new tool to assess education systems

˙ Apr 17, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog

Eight core policy goals of the SABER-teachers program -- analysis and trends across countries.Read more +

Presentation on Teach for All Programs in Latin America

˙ Jun 9, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog

Teach for America background and adaptions in Latin America.Read more +

What can we learn from SERCE?

˙ Nov 18, 2008 ˙ PREAL Blog

PREAL presentation highlights findings of second regional student achievement test in LAC.Read more +

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