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 +
Teacher Evaluations Based on Student Performance ˙ Sep 22, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from the Wall Street Journal article Wall Street Journal article discusses new teacher evaluation methods and how the results will be used for incentives.Read more +
Call for Proposals – Education Research Fund ˙ Sep 12, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from the Wikimedia Commons Proposals wanted to help identify policies that improve the contribution that teachers make to student learning/school performance.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 +
Impact of Teacher Evaluations ˙ Aug 16, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from the Public Domain. New teacher evaluation programs in Washington, D.C. and New York City are producing noteworthy results.Read more +
Assessing Sector Performance & Inequality in Education ˙ Aug 3, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from the World Bank. Software that enables users to input pre-existing education information to produce graphs that analyze national education indicators.Read more +
Puryear on Education Quality at ILALE Congress in the Dominican Republic ˙ Jul 5, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image source: El Caribe PREAL co-director discusses implication of international experience and research for promoting effective teaching in Latin America.Read more +
D.C. Teachers Union Challenges IMPACT Teacher Evaluation System ˙ Jul 5, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from the Quick and the Ed. Article recounting conflict between teachers union and D.C. government over possible dismissal of teachers deemed "ineffective".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 +
Joel Klein on The Failure of American Schools ˙ May 31, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from article. Joel Klein (left) the New York City schools chancellor, steps out of Public School 172 after a news conference on the first day of school in Brooklyn, NY, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010. Article argues that the education system is creating "two Americas" and lists three keys to rebuild the K-12 system.Read more +
PREAL Hosts Event on Challenges to Cuba’s Education Success ˙ May 10, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Speakers at event examine the Cuban education system and how it will be affected by new economic reforms.Read more +
Jeb Bush and National Education Reform ˙ Apr 27, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Image from NYTimes article Washington Post article on Jeb Bush, his agenda for education reform, and the three principles guiding that change.Read more +
PREAL Hosts Conversation on Teacher Policy with Argentine Educators ˙ Apr 7, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Event hosted by PREAL discussed teacher policy and evaluation practices, as well as how to raise the status of the teaching profession.Read more +
WEBCAST: Global Monitoring Report EFA ˙ Feb 28, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Latin America launch (in Spanish) of the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2011.Read more +
IDB launches call for impact assessment proposals of institutional capacity initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean ˙ Feb 16, 2011 ˙ PREAL Blog Candidates sought for proposals on impact assessment methodologies in institutional strengthening programs.Read more +