Best-Performing Countries, Schools & Students Alejandro Ganimian, Manuel Álvarez Trongé ˙ Nov 24, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog TERCE surveys on principals, teachers, and students provide valuable information that helps us gain a better understanding of schools.Read more +
Teachers: A Fundamental Factor in Student Learning Federico Sucre, Maria Oviedo ˙ Aug 18, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog Carolina Jerez / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Teachers can be a valuable asset to improve learning levels in Latin America.Read more +
Should Teaching “Soft” Skills Be a Priority? Alejandro Ganimian ˙ Dec 9, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog Niños estudiantes chilenos/ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/ CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons An argument for teaching non-cognitive skills at school, as described through an interview with Paul Tough.Read more +
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 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 +
Which Teacher Policies Improve Student Performance? ˙ Aug 2, 2013 ˙ PREAL Blog La Noticia Ya! What recent research and experience tell us about achieving eight goals set by the SABER-Teachers Program.Read more +
Overstretching? Education as a National Security Issue Scott Odell ˙ Apr 9, 2012 ˙ PREAL Blog Ron Levine / Photodisc / Getty Images The increasingly elastic term of national security -- why it is an over-reach to put the education crisis in the same basket.Read more +
Three new studies on educational decentralization ˙ Jan 6, 2010 ˙ PREAL Blog Decentralization and school-based management policies, and their effects on learning outcomes in the developing world.Read more +
