On 21 and 22 March, Managua (Nicaragua) is to host a regional training workshop for technical specialists from all of the countries participating in the Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (TERCE), coordinated by the Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago).…

We are pleased to share the first Education Report Card for Jamaica, prepared by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), in association with PREAL. Entitled Prisms of…

Bulletin of the UNESCO DIPECHO 7 project “Strengthening the Regional Tsunami Early Warning System – preparations in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru” of the 7th Action Plan for South America of the Disaster Preparedness Programme (DIPECHO), of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid (DG – ECHO).

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 Skills, Education and Employment in Latin America 

The future of the world lies in its youth. Type…

IDB: Early Childhood Learning Guidelines in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Gates Foundation study: We’ve figured out what makes a good…

The World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education: Response Opportunities and Challenges for the Caribbean Action Agenda

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Education Research: Early Childhood in the Caribbean

This report looks at the development and socialisation of children under 5 years of age in two Caribbean countries, Trinidad and Tobago and…

What did you do in school today? is a multi-year research and development initiative of the Canadian Education Association (CEA), funded through collaboration with the Canadian Council on Learning…

A recent study by Gregory F. Branch, Eric A. Hanushek, and Steven G. Rivkin concludes that effective principals have a significant positive influence on student learning. The top 16% of principals increase student learning in their school by the equivalent of two extra months of instruction per year, compared to an average principal. In an Education Next blog…

IDB Briefly Noted

Teaching Socio-Emotional Abilities in Latin American Schools? The role of Non-Traditional Teachers.

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UNESCO Publication

From Access to Equality

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UNICEF Position Paper

The Right of Children with Disabilities to Education: A Rights-Based Approach to Inclusive Education

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The Pedagogy of Science and Environment: Experimental Evidence from Peru

Inter-American Development Bank

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IDB Briefly Noted

Less Talk, More Play: Bolstering Math Learning in Argentina.

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Turning on Mobile Learning in Latin America

UNESCO Working Paper Series

While the use of mobile phones is growing rapidly in Latin America, mobile learning initiarives are still in early stages of development. Most programmes are pilot projects, driven by non-profit…

The Global Monitoring Report 2012

The tenth Education for All Global Monitoring Report, Putting Education to Work, which was launched on 16 October, reveals the urgent need to invest in skills for youth. In Latin America and the Caribbean, over 8 million people aged 15 to 24 have not even completed primary school and need alternative pathways to acquire basic skills for employment and prosperity. This…

The Pedagogy of Science and Environment: Experimental Evidence from Peru

Inter-American Development Bank

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Teaching the Way We Aspire to Teach – Now and in the Future is a collaborative research project between the Canadian Education Association (CEA) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF). The project grew out of a shared interest in exploring with teachers their experiences and visions of teaching the way in which…