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We have a new blog! 25 Jul 2012 | 11:02 pm
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Coming Soon: New PREAL Blog 11 Jul 2012 | 11:17 pm
Image is from here. In our continued effort to broaden readership and more effectively promote sound education reform in the Americas, we will soon launch a new version of the PREAL blog. The site wi...
Should student test scores be used to evaluate teachers? 10 Jul 2012 | 10:20 pm
Images from the Wall Street Journal article "Should Test Scores Be Used to Evaluate Teachers?” The pros and cons of using gains in student learning to evaluate the effectiveness of their teachers a....
More Innovation, More Employment 5 Jul 2012 | 11:33 pm
Image from Blue Star Strategies. By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny Originally published in the Huffington Post on 24/06/2012. The global economic crisis and lack of jobs in developed countries is creating ....
U.S. Debates the "Parent Trigger" 3 Jul 2012 | 12:22 am
Image from second article listed below. A new policy that gives parents unprecedented authority to make changes in the schools their children attend is gaining support and stirring controversy in th....
4% Campaign in the DR receives international award 13 Jun 2012 | 02:06 am
By Katherina Hruskovec PREAL Intern Yellow umbrellas have become the symbol in the Dominican Republic of a major civic campaign to convince the government to enforce a 1997 law requiring that public....
Obama and Romney Part Ways on Vouchers 8 Jun 2012 | 12:32 am
Image from The Telegragh. Despite their major differences on many issues, U.S. President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney largely agree on education policy. Both have come out in ....
Private Schooling for the Public Good 6 Jun 2012 | 04:21 am
Image from USAID’s “Frontiers in Development" Michael Lisman, an education advisor in USAID’s Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean and former coordinator of PREAL’s Central America Program, rec...
National Conference on Teacher Policy in Costa Rica 5 Jun 2012 | 11:37 pm
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Utah: At the Crossroads of Education Reform 31 May 2012 | 02:08 am
By Scott Odell Program Assistant The Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads joined tracks at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869 to complete the first transcontinental railroad, contributing...
