U.S. States compete for education reform funds
Obama says he wants to improve four educational practices: data usage, standards, teacher recruitment, and the approach to turning around troubled schools. Does the administration’s Race to the Top...
View ArticleSupply, Demand, and Teacher Salaries
We are pleased to share with you the two most recent PREAL publications, both in PDF format: The first is the latest Working Paper (No. 45), and the second is the new edition in our series of one-page...
View ArticleReflections on the determinants of teacher effectiveness
The growing emphasis in the United States on making sure students reach minimum levels of learning has increased pressure to optimize the performance of teachers. This New York Times Magazine article...
View ArticleHow to Evaluate Teachers
Interesting observations from a teacher about how to incorporate advances in student learning in teacher evaluations. The right way to assess teachers’ performance By Michele Kerr Friday, June 18,...
View ArticleHow to Evaluate Teachers
Interesting observations from a teacher about how to incorporate advances in student learning in teacher evaluations. The right way to assess teachers’ performance By Michele Kerr Friday, June 18,...
View ArticleClosing the talent gap
McKinsey & Company has just published a report on how to attract young people with strong academic backgrounds to the teaching profession. Although the report is aimed at the United States, it...
View ArticleFriedman on Education in the U.S.
This opinion article, by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times, emphasizes the importance of teachers and includes two points that merit noting: On what to teach: “There are three basic skills that...
View ArticleNew report from Brookings Institution on the Use of the “Value-added” Model
We are pleased to share a new report from the Brookings Institution on the use of the “value-added” model for evaluating teachers. This report summarizes four “areas of confusion’ on the subject: the...
View ArticleCall for Proposals – Education Research Fund
Lea en español PREAL’s Education Research Fund has just issued a call for proposals for its fourth region-wide education research competition. The theme of the competition is “The teacher as a key...
View ArticleBaby Steps to Evaluate Teachers’ Skills: The State of Teachers in Mexico,...
Lea en español This post is the second in a series of articles by PREAL Report Card Associate Alexandra Solano on the teaching profession in Mexico. In Part I, “Failed Effort or Historic Achievement?...
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