03388nam 22006494a 450 991045040460332120200520144314.01-280-19920-297866101992040-8213-6216-X(CKB)1000000000031577(EBL)459735(OCoLC)61363491(SSID)ssj0000087520(PQKBManifestationID)11990511(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087520(PQKBWorkID)10074403(PQKB)10575605(MiAaPQ)EBC459735(Au-PeEL)EBL459735(CaPaEBR)ebr10087052(CaONFJC)MIL19920(EXLCZ)99100000000003157720050427d2005 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIncentives to improve teaching[electronic resource] lessons from Latin America /Emiliana Vegas, editorWashington, D.C. World Bankc20051 online resource (456 p.)Directions in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6215-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Honduras10 Teacher Incentives and Student Achievement in Nicaraguan Autonomous Schools11 Political Economy, Incentives, and Teachers' UnionsLatin 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 intuitDirections in development (Washington, D.C.)TeachersSalaries, etcLatin AmericaCross-cultural studiesRewards and punishments in educationLatin AmericaCross-cultural studiesSchool improvement programsLatin AmericaCross-cultural studiesElectronic books.TeachersSalaries, etc.Rewards and punishments in educationSchool improvement programs331.2/813711/0098Vegas Emiliana877626World Bank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450404603321Incentives to improve teaching2448982UNINA