Teacher Pay in Latin America & the Caribbean Sarah Stanton, Ananya Subrahmanian ˙ Dec 10, 2017 ˙ PREAL Blog GPE/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 How can teacher pay policies incentivize better performance and improve learning outcomes?Read more +
Fixing the Education Mess in Estado de Mexico Eduardo Vélez Bustillo ˙ Apr 6, 2016 ˙ PREAL Blog Inadequate administrative structures for planning and management of human resources are a key source of internal inefficiency in Latin American countries.Read more +
Producing High-Quality Teachers Jeffrey Puryear ˙ Apr 1, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog l'interrogazione / mbeo / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 What teacher training strategies can produce high quality teaching in Latin America?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 +
Managing Classrooms to Support Learning ˙ Jul 24, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog Maestra Trabajando / Jorge Tineo / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia Key elements of teacher policy in Latin America and their impact on student learning. Read more +
Strengthening Teacher Policy to Facilitate Change ˙ Apr 10, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog “Evaluarán las distintas estrategias para enseñar a leer en los establecimientos subvencionados chilenos”/ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/Flickr/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Why good teachers are critical to the success of education systems and how PREAL is seeking to bring attention to the issue. 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 +
Teacher Training’s Low Grade ˙ Jul 9, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog The Wall Street Journal Study argues that teacher training programs in the US do not prepare graduates to provide quality primary and secondary education.Read more +
Baby Steps to Evaluate Teachers’ Skills: The State of Teachers in Mexico, Part Two ˙ Aug 28, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog A look at the results and takeaways, both negative and positive, of the teacher evaluation program in Mexico.Read more +
Definitive Evidence on the Value-added Approach ˙ Aug 15, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog Source: "Great Teaching," published by Education Next Benefits of the "value-added analysis" in evaluating teacher effectiveness.Read more +
What the US Presidential Candidates Should Be Talking About ˙ Mar 20, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog The Hindu Three questions regarding education the 2012 presidential hopefuls should be pressed on.Read more +
Teacher preparation and qualifications ˙ Oct 7, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from the University of Michigan. Study uses four measures to compare seven countries in an effort to determine how the US might raise the quality of its teachers.Read more +
Obama Offers Flexibility on NCLB ˙ Sep 30, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog States can now qualify for flexibility on No Child Left Behind Act if they meet three requirements.Read more +
Bill Gates urges teacher effectiveness policies ˙ Mar 17, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Bill Gates criticizes US for lacking teacher measures of effectiveness, saying they are tied to student learning and achievement. Read more +
PREAL International Conference 2010: Teacher Effectiveness ˙ Nov 18, 2010 ˙ PREAL Blog Summary of PREAL’s recent international conference on teacher effectiveness, held in Guatemala City.Read more +