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 Conversation with Finland’s Minister of Education Jeffrey Puryear ˙ May 13, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog “Kuva 4”/STT-lehtikuva/Finnish Prime Minister's Office/Image use policy Using the Finnish model of education in Latin America. How can the key components be achieved?Read more +
PREAL Publications: What do Great Teachers Do? ˙ May 1, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog “Teacher Checking up on Pupils’ Progress”/Christoph Derndorfer/flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 This PREAL Policy Brief looks at what makes a good teacher and how that can help improve test scores of students.Read more +
Cancelled Standardized Test in Mexico Sparks Debate Jeffrey Puryear ˙ Feb 5, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog Wikimedia Commons/Thelmadatter/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 The discontinuation of the national standardized achievement test in Mexico has drawn criticism. Why and what comes next?Read more +
Jeff Puryear Discusses Education in Latin America ˙ Aug 28, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Voz de América A TV interview about education challenges in Latin America and ways to resolve them.Read more +
Puryear: Money does not guarantee a quality education ˙ Oct 16, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog Semana, Oct. 8 2012, p. 32 Link to article arguing that new education policies are required in Latin America.Read more +
Business Leaders: Education is an issue for everyone ˙ Oct 10, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog Business and education leaders discuss business sector engagement in education reform in Latin America.Read more +
Obama and Romney Part Ways on Vouchers ˙ Jun 7, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog The Telegraph Education policy -- what Romney and Obama agree and disagree on.Read more +
Puryear Speaks on Education Quality at the Virtual Educa Caribe Conference in the Dominican Republic ˙ Mar 23, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog FUNGLODE Conference to discuss the topics of training, innovation, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable development.Read more +
Parents: The Difference between Microsoft and Schools Jeffrey Puryear ˙ Mar 14, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog The "parental variable" in making teachers' performance assessments public.Read more +
Event: Access to Quality Education in Fragile States – The Case of Haiti ˙ Mar 2, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog PREAL's 2008 publication on education in Haiti Haiti’s potential for growth and the need for human capital development -- challenges, priorities, and plansRead more +
In Uno+Uno Interview, Puryear Calls for Education Reform ˙ Nov 14, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog PREAL co-director emphasizes critical role of teachers and length of school days in education quality. Read more +
Video of Puryear’s Address at the III Forum on Education Quality ˙ Oct 5, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Video of PREAL co-director at III Forum on Education Quality.Read more +
Puryear Speaks at the III Forum on Education Quality ˙ Sep 9, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from the Educar 2050 webpage Forum on education quality - who attended and additional material.Read more +
Understanding the Finnish Education Model Jeffrey Puryear ˙ Aug 12, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from the Wikimedia Commons. How do Finland’s schools get high test scores and can elements of their model by successfully used elsewhere?Read more +