Educational production and the distribution of teachers in Uruguay

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-181

  Luschei, Thomas F ^a   Carnoy, Martin ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative education; Educational policy; Teacher distribution; Teacher quality; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING;

LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 70449625084     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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