Resources

OECD’s Education at a Glance 2026 focuses on teachers and the challenges of recruiting, retaining and deploying a qualified teaching workforce. It highlights how shortages vary across subjects, regions and schools, with disadvantaged communities often facing particular difficulties in attracting qualified teachers. 

This article examines student vulnerability in second-chance education, drawing on a study of 493 young people enrolled in three programmes in Spain. Using cluster analysis, it identifies five profiles: ‘Unperceived’, ‘Emotionally Fragile’, ‘Economically Disadvantaged’, ‘Low Achievers’ and ‘Highly Unprotected’. 

The article examines how second-chance VET can support learner engagement and future aspirations, drawing on questionnaires and interviews in two centres in Mallorca, Spain. 

The report examines the teaching profession across the EU, focusing on motivation, job satisfaction, well-being, career intentions and working conditions. Based mainly on TALIS 2024 and complementary European data, it finds high professional engagement, satisfaction and participation in continuing professional development. 

This report highlights a decade-long decline in the mental health and well-being of young people (aged 10–24) across OECD member states, showcasing that deteriorating youth mental health is a structural trend, present even before the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This policy brief addresses the growing pressures faced by teachers across Europe, including heavy administrative workloads, limited time for collaboration, insufficient support, and uneven leadership capacity, which contribute to stress and burnout. 

This policy brief examines the role of parental engagement in supporting children’s learning, well-being, and inclusion, and its potential to reduce socioeconomic gaps in educational outcomes. 

This policy brief focuses on learner engagement as a fundamental driver of school success, well-being, and democratic participation. 

This policy brief examines the role of local authorities in supporting school success across the EU. 

This policy brief focuses on social and emotional learning (SEL) as a key component of children's well-being, resilience, and academic success, helping learners develop skills such as managing emotions, building relationships, and making responsible decisions. 

This policy brief presents inclusive pedagogy as an approach that moves beyond one-size-fits-most teaching to ensure that every learner can participate meaningfully, progress, and succeed. 

This policy brief examines how early identification of learner needs is a cornerstone of inclusive education and a key condition for ensuring school success for all. 

This policy brief makes the case for whole-school and whole-system approaches as the essential governance and organisational foundation for sustainable education reform. 

This article presents five key insights from Generation’s decade-long experience delivering training and employment programmes for young people. 

This report reviews international evidence on promoting mental health and well-being and preventing bullying in schools, with the aim of supporting safer, more inclusive learning environments across Europe. 

This monitoring report explores the impact of eTwinning in early childhood education and care and initial vocational education and training.