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Fourth grade teacher Andrea Coulter, and her student-teacher, Kelsey Frost, background, instruct students using a co-teaching method at Clearview Elementary School in Clear Lake, Minn.
—Jenn Ackerman for Education Week

Better Teacher-Candidate Mentoring Targeted

To improve the student-teaching experience, teacher education programs are taking more care in picking and guiding "cooperating" teachers. (November 26, 2012)

Spotlight on Teacher Evaluation

Understand how combined measures can provide a more balanced picture of teacher performance.

Spotlight on Professional Learning Communities

Build teacher-to-teacher collaboration and learn how to start your teacher learning community.

Issue Backgrounder

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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 Ahead Blog

07/26 10:02 am | Creating a Career Ladder for Teachers | Brooke Peters Marsha Ratzel brought up an important point: Teachers need job descriptions that accurately reflect what we are expected to do. I would also add that we need ...

On-Demand Webinar

When Teacher's Out: Building a Professional Substitute-Teaching Force
In this webinar, our guests discuss the role of the substitute teacher, the implications of teacher absences, and how school districts can improve the quality of substitute teachers.

Special Collection

Commentary Collection: Perspectives on TFA in its 20th Year
In its two decades, Teach For America has dispatched more than 20,000 young teachers to work in some of America's poorest schools and communities.

PD Directory

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April 15, 2013 - Education Week
April 12, 2013 - Education Week
In a fictitious school policy memo, Thomas P. Johnson tackles the logistics of arming teachers.
April 12, 2013 - Education Week
Megan Allen, a 5th grade teacher in Florida, offers a confidence-boosting tip sheet for educators who are interested in getting involved in education policy and school decisionmaking.
April 10, 2013 - Teacher
Teachers can turn things around for students with special needs by engaging them in activities based on their strengths instead of their weaknesses, says a neuroscience expert.
April 9, 2013 - Teacher
A high school English teacher aims to counter his coworker's fears that the common-core literacy standards' focus on nonfiction will hinder students' creativity.
April 3, 2013 - Teacher
April 3, 2013 - Education Week
Two middle school educators say their school's use of an online learning-management system has opened their classroom and transformed their teaching.
April 3, 2013 - Teacher
In many U.S. schools, students struggling the most in mathematics at the start of high school have the worst odds of getting a qualified teacher in the subject, new research finds.
April 2, 2013 - Education Week
Retired teacher Laurie Barnoski offers suggestions for how school administrators can support teachers at a time when the education landscape is changing.
April 2, 2013 - Education Week

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