Recruitment & Hiring
Learn more about efforts to attract school and district staff and choose the best candidate for the job
The State of Teaching
New national data on the teaching profession, vivid reporting from classrooms, and resources to help support this essential profession.
School & District Management
Number of Libraries Dwindles in N.Y.C. Schools
At a time when school library services in many big cities are feeling squeezed, the Big Apple's declines are steeper than most, advocates say.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Going Big: Teacher Recruiting Goes National
The topic of teacher recruitment has moved from a concern of most districts to an emergency. Thus, districts are trying new and innovative things when it comes to recruiting great talent. Have we entered a new era of teacher recruitment?
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
7 Steps for a Balanced Recruitment AND Retention Strategy
Guest author Tracy Najera believes that all students should have equitable access to excellent educators! How do talent managers achieve this? By taking a balanced approach to the development and implementation of a recruitment and retention strategy.
Recruitment & Retention
Turnover, Growing Job Duties Complicate State Chiefs' Roles
The rate of departures among state schools chiefs now rivals that of urban superintendents, and some states are turning to district administrators to fill the void at the top.
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
The Nonexistent Secret Sauce in Hiring Good Teachers
Jose Vilson's book reflects teacher hiring, teaching, and public education, perfectly: the most important truths emerge in the dialogue, but it's a messy and imperfect process. The qualities essential for good teaching are place-based, deeply personal and rest more on character than quantitative measures. You can't test scientifically for an outstanding educator like Jose Vilson. Thank goodness.
Recruitment & Retention
Study: Close Screening Process Can Improve Teacher Hires
Districts could boost their ability to hire more effective teachers who stay on the job longer by improving their screening techniques, a newly released working paper concludes.
Education Funding
Federal K-12 Policy Evolves as Staff Turns Over
Some Obama administration officials behind key education initiatives have moved on, and those now in place bring their own approaches and perspectives.
Law & Courts
Lawsuit Says Teacher Contracts Violate Wisconsin Policy
Madison County, Wis., school officials face allegations that two recent contracts violate the state's controversial law that restricts public employees' bargaining rights.
Special Education
New Global Fellowship Launched to Train Teacher-Coaches
Teach For All, a network in 34 countries, is focusing a new, two-year fellowship on students with what it terms "learning differences."
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
Recruit and Retain or Attract and Engage?
Should you recruit and retain staff or attract and engage them? Is this just a shift in semantics or an important change for 2014 and beyond?
Law & Courts
N.C. Districts, Teachers Sour on State's Anti-Tenure Law
In return for abolishing tenure, lawmakers are making districts offer raises to a quarter of their teachers, a quota administrators' and teachers' associations are protesting.
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
Are You Likeable? Your Success May Depend On It!
Are You Likeable? You success may depend on it as "likeability" can have an important impact on everything from marriage to job interviews to healthcare.
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
Recruiters Aren't Just Looking at Your Resume
Recruiters are not just looking at your resume anymore, they're checking out your Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn pages. What kind of things do you post and how is that making a difference in your job-future?
Teaching Profession
Lawmaker's Retirement to Open K-12 Leadership Void
U.S. Rep. George Miller, leaving Congress after four decades, helped push through game-changing legislation, including the No Child Left Behind Act.