Jamaican schools apply eight “effectiveness” factors to improve student’s performance and behavior. By Cynthia Hobbs* What is an effective school? What makes some schools perform better than others? Jamaica’s Ministry of Education commissioned a School Effectiveness Study through a technical cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank to answer these … [Read more...] about A hands on approach to improving schools in Jamaica
Social policy for equity and productivity
Robin Hood Takes On Belizean Schools
By Emma Näslund-Hadley* An education reform in Belize launched in 2011 to make government funding more equitable on a per student basis reduced the gap between the richest and poorest schools by 20% and continues to close this gap. Not long ago, schools in Belize’s wealthiest communities received up to twenty times more public funding per student than other … [Read more...] about Robin Hood Takes On Belizean Schools
Opening the English World for Native Spanish Speakers
Have you ever tried to learn to speak a foreign language? Did it make you nervous the first time you had to speak it? Imagine having to teach it. … [Read more...] about Opening the English World for Native Spanish Speakers