Teaching and Learning: Achieving Quality for All ˙ Mar 19, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog "Young students in rural areas of Argentina" / Worldbank Photo Collection / Flickr.com / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A UNESCO report on the importance of quality education in Mexico and the challenges the country faces to attain it.Read more +
Teach Like A Champion ˙ Jan 6, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog Transcendental Meditation / Jdontfight / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 A book on 49 specific techniques used by great teachers.Read more +
Training First-rate Teachers Guillermo Perry ˙ Dec 17, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog A Technical education class specializing in business administration / Charlotte Kesi / World Bank / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Guillermo Perry argues improving teacher quality will improve education in Colombia and lists four key steps to achieve that.Read more +
2012 PISA Results: LAC continues to lag ˙ Dec 4, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Pisa test document / Theo Müller / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.5 Key takeaways for the eight Latin American countries that participated in the 2012 PISA.Read more +
New Evidence on the Value-Added Debate ˙ Nov 27, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Middle school students participate in interactive games/Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Solar Energy Decathalon/ CC BY-ND 2.0 The merit of value-added approaches to evaluate teacher performance.Read more +
Agreement on Human Development in Guatemala ˙ Nov 15, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog President of Guatemala Otto Perez Molina/World Economic Forum/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Historic Guatemalan agreement aimed at building consensus on social issues, including education quality. Read more +
Webcast on Teacher Evaluations ˙ Nov 13, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog School education learning / woodleywonderworks / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 Webcast on the latest research on teacher evaluations and how to improve them.Read more +
Study Compares Test Scores Internationally ˙ Nov 7, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog El Heraldo An analysis of student examinations worldwide shows some countries' efforts to improve quality go unnoticed due to low scores. Read more +
World Bank Event on Student Evaluations ˙ Nov 6, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog udual.wordpres.com Webcast on the importance of and challenges to monitoring student learning, and research on how to best carry out assessments.Read more +
Effective Charter Schools in New York ˙ Oct 24, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Uncommon Schools A study on the inputs and policies associated with the effectiveness of charter schools in New York City. Read more +
(Mis)spent:The State of Education in Mexico 2013 ˙ Oct 7, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Mexicanos Primero An investigative report on the way public funds are used for education in Mexico. 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 +
US Outlines Plan for Universal Early Education ˙ May 3, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog New York Times Op-ed on proposal to make high-quality early education available across the board in the US.Read more +
Andreas Schleicher on how PISA can improve schools ˙ Mar 29, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog Image is a screen shot of the Ted Talk Ted Talk on how PISA can provide governments and schools with feedback that will help improve learning.Read more +
International Summit on the Teaching Profession ˙ Mar 8, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog CEIB Focus on teacher evaluations and professional standards in the Third Annual International Summit on the Teaching Profession.Read more +