While international mobility has developed into a major driver of population change in the European Union, people with immigrant background in the Member States continue to be placed in disadvantaged socio-economic positions. They are often hampered by a lack of host country specific skills and...

This report reviews the economic literature investigating the effects of the share of immigrants in classes and schools on the school performance of immigrants and natives. The review is organized in four sections. In the first section, we document the recent expansion in the presence of...

Developing systems for quality assurance and accreditation in teacher education is regarded as one of the most important ways of improving the quality and effectiveness of education as a whole. This study discusses current arrangements for evaluating and accrediting institutions and programmes...

First published in 1994, Key Data on Education in Europe sets out a very wide variety of both qualitative and quantitative indicators on different aspects of education systems in 30 European countries, including how they organised, the human and financial resources invested in them, teaching...

Terminology used to denote educational institutions is constantly changing. For a more ready insight into their activity as cooperation between them intensifies in Europe, Eurydice has just updated the second volume of its European Glossary on Education first published in 2000. This new edition...

First published in 1994, Key Data on Education in Europe sets out a very wide variety of both qualitative and quantitative indicators on different aspects of education systems in 30 European countries, including how they organised, the human and financial resources invested in them, teaching...

This fourth and final report on the teaching profession does not provide a summary in the strict sense of the comparisons made in the three separate reports. It attempts to stimulate further thought and discussion in response to five key issues of interest throughout Europe. A twofold concern...

Working conditions are key to understanding the teaching profession in Europe today. Identifying what makes the profession 'attractive' or otherwise is closely bound up with the conditions in which teachers undertake their professional responsibilities and with the quality of their working life...

The aim of this study is to gain a better insight into the situation characterising the profession in different countries, the way in which it is changing, and the way also in which national policy-makers are attempting to meet the challenges that have been identified. It sets out to analyse how...

The aim of this study is to gain a better insight into the situation characterising the profession in different countries, the way in which it is changing, and the way also in which national policy-makers are attempting to meet the challenges that have been identified. It sets out to analyse how...