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Supporting teacher autonomy to improve education outcomes : experimental evidence from Brazil

Piza, Caio; Zwager, Astrid; Ruzzante, Matteo; Dantas, Rafael - 2020

program in Brazil. The program supported teachers, through a combination of technical assistance and a small grant, to …

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Achieving World-Class Education in Adverse Socioeconomic Conditions : The Case of Sobral in Brazil

Loureiro, Andre - 2020

This report presents the case of the municipality of Sobral in the state of Ceara, Brazil. This municipality overcame … adverse socioeconomic conditions and now has the best primary andlower secondary education system in Brazil. Sobral is home to … 200,000 inhabitants and in 2005 was ranked 1,366 in the national index that measures quality of education in Brazil …

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Addressing high school dropouts with a scalable intervention : the case of PODER

Avitabile, Ciro; Cuevas, Janina; De Hoyos, Rafael E.; … - 2019

Working with the Mexican Ministry of Education, this study piloted a scalable program to reduce high school dropout rates by focusing on socio-emotional skill development and mathematics tutoring. The intervention was evaluated through a randomized field experiment with more than 5,000 youths at...

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Back to School : Pathways for Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in Education

Rajasekaran, Subhashini - 2009

"Back to School: Pathways for Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in Education" focuses on a social and global problem--200 million adolescents and youth are out of school, live in adverse life circumstances, and face multiple disadvantages. It analyzes the available evidence for what works,...

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Expectations and Aspirations : A New Framework for Education in the Middle East and North Africa

El-Kogali, Safaa El-Tayeb - 2020

Education, which has been at the heart of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's history and civilizations for centuries, has a large untapped potential to contribute to human capital, well-being, and wealth. The region has invested heavily in education for decades, but it has not been...

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Political Economy of Education in Lebanon : Research for Results Program

Abdul-Hamid, Husein - 2020

Education is a source of national pride in Lebanon. When the general public was asked how the education system was performing, 76 percent of respondents had a positive opinion; and these satisfaction rates have been consistently high over the years. However, perception of education quality does...

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Ready to Learn : Before School, In School, and Beyond School in South Asia

Béteille, Tara - 2020

Countries that have sustained rapid growth over decades have typically had a strong public commitment to expanding education as well as to improving learning outcomes. South Asian countries have made considerable progress in expanding access to primary and secondary schooling, with countries...

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Building Evidence, Shaping Policy : Findings of the 2012 Timor-Leste Education Survey

World Bank - 2013

Reliable evidence is needed to design policies that will allow overcoming Timor-Leste's remaining challenges in provision of quality education. In recent post-conflict years, aided by availability of oil revenues, Timor-Leste has been able to considerably improve availability of schools and...

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Providing Schools with Enough Resources to Deliver Quality Education in the Philippines

World Bank Group - 2016

Providing schools with direct funding to meet their operational needs is the cornerstone of the government's efforts to strengthen school-based management in the Philippines. Over the past five years, funds that the government has provided directly to schools to support their maintenance and...

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Indonesia Teacher Certification and Beyond : An Empirical Evaluation of the Teacher Certification Program and Education Quality Improvements in Indonesia

World Bank - 2016

The certification program aimed to certify all teachers by 2015. The program was rolled out at a rate of approximately 200,000 teachers each year. This report evaluates the certification program as it was implemented, in terms of its impact on student-learning outcomes. Results of the analysis...

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