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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783344603321

Titolo

Incentives to improve teaching : : lessons from Latin America / / Emiliana Vegas, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2005

ISBN

1-280-19920-2

9786610199204

0-8213-6216-X

Descrizione fisica

xv, 435 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development

Altri autori (Persone)

VegasEmiliana

Disciplina

331.2/813711/0098

Soggetti

Teachers - Salaries, etc - Latin America

Rewards and punishments in education - Latin America

School improvement programs - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Improving Teaching and Learning through Effective Incentives; Figures; 2 A Literature Review of Teacher Quality and Incentives; 3 Are Teachers Well Paid in Latin America and the Caribbean?; Tables; 4 Teachers' Salary Structure and Incentives in Chile; 5 Educational Finance Equalization, Spending, Teacher Quality, and Student Outcomes; 6 Arbitrary Variation in Teacher Salaries; 7 Teacher and Principal Incentives in Mexico; 8 Decentralization of Education, Teacher Behavior, and Outcomes; 9 Teacher Effort and Schooling Outcomes in Rural Honduras

10 Teacher Incentives and Student Achievement in Nicaraguan Autonomous Schools11 Political Economy, Incentives, and Teachers' Unions

Sommario/riassunto

Latin America faces tremendous challenges, particularly those of development, poverty, and inequality. Education is widely recognized as one of the most critical means of defeating these challenges. Democratizing education, by improving both its coverage and quality, is critical to overcoming the social and economic inequality that plagues Latin America. Ensuring that all children have the opportunity to learn critical skills at both primary and secondary level is paramount



to overcoming skill barriers that perpetuate underdevelopment and poverty. A growing body of evidence supports the intuit