teachers

Low-income students are more likely to attend schools with less-qualified teachers widening achievement gaps. The Peruvian government’s novel and low-cost nationwide strategy was successful at encouraging highly qualified teachers to apply for jobs i...

A merit-based teacher hiring reform succeeded in recruiting teachers with better qualifications, but the replacement of more experienced teachers led to a decline in student outcomes.

Enabling teachers to introduce pedagogical innovations can deliver substantial gains in student achievement. An experimental programme in Brazil unveils the importance of supporting teachers and accommodating the multiple constraints students face.

Teacher and classroom targeted education technology improves students attainment, while student only education technology may have negative academic impacts

Interventions that only provide material resources to preschools may fail to achieve any benefits, and have unintended negative consequences, if teachers have insufficient training

Performance pay contracts attract teachers who improve both test score and non-test score outcomes for students

Pay for performance can improve student learning without negative impacts on the type of teacher that gets recruited or retained

Calling teachers and students once a week almost doubled the impact on reading and maths test scores of an adult education programme in Niger

An ‘ed tech’ intervention in China had long-lasting positive effects across outcomes, suggesting potential for reducing the rural-urban education gap