Teachers are one of the most important inputs for learning, but in many low-income countries they are poorly distributed between schools. This paper discusses the case of Malawi, which has introduced new...
The AI revolution is transforming education at an unprecedented pace, offering opportunities to personalize learning experiences, support teachers, and optimize education management. This brief explores...
The objective of the Accelerating Results in Education Project for Central African Republic is to improve access to quality basic education and strengthen capacity for sector management. There are four...
This article evaluates the impact of facilitated discussions about girls’ education on education outcomes for students in rural Zimbabwe. The staggered implementation of components of a randomized education...
Developing teachers’ capacities to facilitate learning is one of the most pertinent challenges of education systems around the world. An education system that supports teachers to be lifelong learners...
This report zooms into what lies behind the success or failure of teacher policies: how teachers experience these policies, and how systems scale and sustain these policies. The report argues that for...
In their upcoming report, Making Teacher Policy Work, the authors asked themselves why, despite the growing evidence on effective teacher policies, we still do not observe high-quality teaching and learning...
This guidance note focuses on measuring changes in teaching practices using classroom observation tools. Classroom observations have been recognized as one of the most direct ways to measure teaching practices...
Books are one of the most important inputs in student learning and are generally considered a cost-effective input for increasing the quality of primary education (Fredriksen et al., 2015). After salaries...
Teachers are the single most important input to learning, and in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa teachers’ emoluments account for most of the spending on basic education (Bold et al., 2017). However...
Since the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian education system has been heavily reliant on online learning while also working to sustain key education reforms. Digitalization is essential for delivering...
Secondary school dropout is higher among boys in Latin America if compared to girls. Dropping out of school has negative implications for overall human capital accumulation and for future labor market...
Whether class-size reductions improve student learning outcomes is an important policy question for India. This paper investigates the issue using a credible identification strategy to address the endogeneity...
Los afrodescendientes en América Latina enfrentan desigualdades en la educación, lo que lleva a tasas más altas de abandono escolar y resultados educativos más bajos que determinan en gran medida sus trayectorias...
Os afrodescendentes na América Latina enfrentam oportunidades desiguais na educação, levando a taxas mais elevadas de abandono escolar e piores resultados educacionais que predeterminam em grande parte...
This technical guidance note sets out how to navigate some of the challenges that governments and other organizations may face when designing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation (M and E) system...
The objective of this technical guidance note is to present evidence-based strategies that can help teachers overcome motivational barriers to behavioral change in the TPD (teacher professional development)...