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Factors associated with private-public school performance: Analysis of TALIS-PISA link data

Reaching and Teaching Marginalized Children

How are private school enrolment patterns changing across Indian districts with a growth in private school availability?

Understanding Teacher Distribution Cross-Nationally: Recent Empirical Evidence

Factors affecting school participation in Turkey: an analysis of regional differences

Association between Contract Teachers and Student Learning in Five Francophone African Countries

The untapped promise of secondary data sets in international and comparative education policy research

My current and recent scholarship has focused on: (i) teacher labor markets in developing countries, (ii) implications of growing educational privatization in low-income countries and (iii) promises and challenges of educating youth in resource-constrained environments. In each of these areas through a diverse portfolio of scholarly activities I have contributed to academic discourses and generated insights relevant to policymakers and practitioners. Informed by my experiences teaching several methods classes and aligned with my commitment to connect my research to practical challenges of policy and practice, I have also devoted increasing attention to (iv) exploring the strengths and limitations of large-scale administrative, national and cross-national databases for international education policy research. I serve as a co-editor at Comparative Education Review and greatly enjoy working closely with doctoral students on diverse research projects across the world.

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Comparative and International Education

Development and Education

Economics and Education

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The Jury Is Still Out

Nine Students Receive Fulbright Grants

MSU Study to Examine Education in Developing Countries

Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education

Study of Teachers for Children Marginalized by Social Origin, Economic Status or Location

The impact of contract-teachers on student learning in developing countries: A multi-level, multi-country analysis

National Income, Income Inequality, and the Importance of Schools and Teachers: A hierarchical cross-national comparison

Associate Professor of Education Policy

Amita Chudgar, Associate Professor at Michigan State University, on "Who teaches marginalized children, and what may explain these teacher distribution patterns? Analysis of data from Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa"

Professor Chudgar's study represents the most systematic cross-national analysis of teacher distribution that has been conducted to date. She will also provide insights into policies and practices that may help ensure a more equitable teacher distribution, and address the vicious cycle that can develop—especially in developing countries—when higher-quality teachers are concentrated in the schools and classrooms of wealthier children, while poor and marginalized children find themselves in the classrooms of relatively weaker teachers.

Who teaches marginalized children, and what may explain these teacher distribution patterns?

Factors Associated with Secondary Education in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda

Secondary Education and Select Adulthood Outcomes in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda

Panelists: Akshay Mangla, Amita Chudgar, Lant Pritchett, Sugata Bose, Tara Beteile

2016 India Conference Panel: Education

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