Teacher Quality

The latest news about teacher quality, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Value-Added Evaluation Hurts Teaching

Linda Darling-Hammond says new teacher-evaluation methods are needed, but judging teachers based on student test scores does more harm than good. (March 5, 2012)

Spotlight on Teacher Evaluation

Assessing teacher performance is a complicated issue and this Spotlight examines ways to assess teaching and efforts to improve teacher evaluation.

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Teacher Beat Blog

07/31 05:05 pm | Walton Expands TFA Grants With $20M More | The Walton Foundation re-ups its support for Teach For America.

Teaching Now Blog

07/30 06:15 pm | School of Hard Knocks for Chicago Teachers | It's a hard time to be a teacher in Chicago. Ten days ago, to the surprise of its employees, the Chicago public school district laid off more than 1,000 teachers and about ...

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Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness
In this webinar, our guests discussed the impact of, and best strategies for, enhancing teacher effectiveness.

Special Collection

Quality Counts 2008

This report includes a number of new indicators that look at incentives to attract and keep people in the teaching profession, among other things.

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High youth-unemployment rates in Finland show that even a strong education system can't solve all societal ills by itself, Nancy Hoffman writes.
July 31, 2013 - Education Week
Teachers and students should focus less on grades and more on the deeper satisfaction that learning offers, Cord Ivanyi writes.
July 26, 2013 - Education Week
Superintendents must be engaged in the teacher-evaluation process to maximize the benefits for all involved, including students, writes Kim Marshall.
July 19, 2013 - Education Week
California has become one of the Obama administration's biggest headaches in efforts to overhaul education.
July 17, 2013 - McClatchy-Tribune
Growth and improvement, not just accountability, must remain at the heart of teacher evaluation, Stephen Fink writes.
July 17, 2013 - Education Week
July 9, 2013 - Education Week
The accrediting body for teacher education is poised to adopt standards that set a higher entry bar and require the use of value-added measures.
July 9, 2013 - Education Week
The National Council on Teacher Quality says most of the nation's teacher education programs that were reviewed are weak, but critics find fault with the project's methods.
June 18, 2013 - Education Week
As a teacher-educator, Julie Gorlewski writes that she struggles with the same tensions that she faced in her K-12 classroom.
June 11, 2013 - Education Week
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems are seen as a prod to professionalize the preschool field while providing information for parents on program quality.
June 11, 2013 - Education Week

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