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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297218
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644204
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644230
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644269
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Improving Education Sector Performance in Malaysia : Lessons from a Delivery Unit Approach
World Bank Group - 2018
This report is part of the World Bank's Malaysia development experience series that strives to document the country's approach to improving public sector performance. The report builds on the previous installment in the same series that focused on Malaysia's experience with driving performance...
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Toward a Diversified Knowledge-Based Economy : Education in the Gulf Cooperation Countries Engagement Note
World Bank Group - 2017
This engagement note provides education sector policymakers with an overview of the status of education across the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and offers insight into the World Bank's strategies and approaches to supporting education reform in the GCC region. While the Gulf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644890
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Minimum Core and the Right to Education
Fisher, Angelina - 2017
Minimum core is a concept introduced by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ("Committee") with the aim of ensuring "the satisfaction of, at the very least, minimum essential levels of each of the rights is incumbent upon every State party." The minimum core concept aims to set...
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Achieving SDG4 through a Human Rights Based Approach to Education
Moriarty, Kate - 2017
Quality education is a critical dimension for the achievement of sustainable development. The renewed political commitment set out in sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4) is an opportunity to ensure strong coherence between education policy and the right to education first articulated more than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645064