The objective of this report is to inform post-2015 efforts to ensure educational quality through an examination of issues of equity in teacher deployment. We first review the main global challenges and policy approaches related to equitable teacher deployment around the year 2000. Next we discuss evidence of policy evolution since 2000 and outline the current status of key policies. We then present case studies from Guinea, India, Mexico and Tanzania that support our main arguments related to policy evolution, including a discussion of policy characteristics, drivers of change and impact on teacher distribution. We conclude with a discussion of conditions under which equitable teacher deployment reforms can succeed and key priorities fora post-2015 education agenda.