Published Online: October 27, 2009
Published in Print: October 28, 2009, as Teacher Quality

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Teacher Quality

"Teachers at Work: Improving Teacher Quality Through School Design"

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A new report suggests efforts to improve teacher quality, especially in districts serving the poorest students, will continue to be undermined without a shift in teaching’s fundamental nature.

The report, written by Elena Silva, a senior policy analyst for the Washington-based Education Sector think tank, argues that the use of teachers’ time, the distribution of their talents within schools, and the focus of their resources all need rethinking.

It highlights several like-minded programs, focusing primarily on New York City's Generation Schools, where the students school year is stretched by 20 days but teachers work time remains the same. That helps avoid problems that other extended-time programs have faced, including teacher burnout from extra hours and financial squeezes from extra paychecks, which both result when teachers jobs are stretched instead of focused.

By Ian Quillen

Vol. 29, Issue 09, Page 5

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