Should Teaching “Soft” Skills Be a Priority? Alejandro Ganimian ˙ Dec 9, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog Niños estudiantes chilenos/ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/ CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 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 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 +
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 A private school courtyard in Brazil/Paulo Otávio /Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 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 Students in rural areas of Argentina/Nahuel Berger/World Bank/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 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 La Noticia Ya! 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 UNT.edu 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 La Nación 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 World Bank 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 Photo taken by PREAL Staff 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 World Bank website 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 +