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national union leaders, and education organization leaders New Challenges and
from countries with high performing and rapidly improving Opportunities Facing
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identify best practices worldwide that strengthen the Profession in Public
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"When it comes to teaching, talent matters tremendously,"
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said Secretary Duncan. "But great teachers are not just born
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of their careers to develop an effective teaching force."
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"Nowhere is the rapidity of educational change and the 2018 International
improvement greater than in Asia," said Asia Society vice Summit on the
president Tony Jackson. Indeed, eight out of the top 10 Teaching Profession,
performing school systems are in Asia. "It's important to which focused on new
have this forum for the exchange of ideas between challenges and
educators in the U.S., Asia, and elsewhere to improve opportunities for
student performance and develop the competencies they educators in public
need for success in an interdependent world." education.
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profession and the most talented teachers into the most Enabling Teachers to
challenging classrooms," said OECD Secretary General Improve Equity and
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President Barack Obama said on a recent spring morning. "I

think it's time we treated teachers with the same respect."

the 2019 International

The summit convened education ministers, master teachers, REPORT

educators in the U.S., Asia, and elsewhere to improve opportunities for

student performance and develop the competencies they educators in public

need for success in an interdependent world." education.

"The prosperity of our nations depends on whether we REPORT

teachers play in advancing progressive, sustainable

education reform. The summit discussions and emerging

lessons from around the world were released in a report outcomes-all)

“The practices of top-performing countries can help

teaching profession,” said Secretary Duncan. “The lessons Creating the

The Future of Teaching and

challenges-and- ISTP Teacher

opportunities for educators in from the International

public education. School of the Peninsula

Empowering and Enabling

AUSTRALIA (/AUSTRALIA) FRANCE (/FRANCE) INDIA (/INDIA) JAPAN (/JAPAN)

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (/NORTHERN-CALIFORNIA)

Creating the Conditions to

Achieve Quality Teaching for REPORT

Excellent Learning Outcomes Excellence, Equity,

GLOBAL CITIES EDUCATION NETWORK

Learning Across National

Implementing Highly Effective

dialogue to action in the context Hello there,

Excellence, Equity, and

Equity and Quality in

Get the key policy

Teaching and Learning 21st

Teaching and Leadership for

Improving Teacher Quality

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (/NORTHERN-CALIFORNIA)

How the World Recruits

New Strategies Needed for

International Summit on the

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