Great Teachers: How to Raise Student Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean

by Javier Luque and Barbara Bruns

The seven million teachers of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are the critical actors in the region's efforts to improve education quality and raise student learning levels, which lag far behind those of OECD countries and East Asian countries such as China. This book documents the high economic stakes around teacher quality, benchmarks the current performance of LAC's teachers, and delineates the key issues. These include low standards for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464801517
• ISBN13: 9781464801518
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"