Teacher Quality/Effectiveness
Read more about efforts to improve teachers’ skills and the standards used to evaluate those skills
School & District Management
Opinion
How Can Education Research-Practice Partnerships Assess Their Effectiveness?
A new framework drawn from insider perspectives helps research-practice partnerships measure their effectiveness.
Teaching Profession
New York City to Begin Putting 'Absent Reserve' Teachers Back in Classrooms. But Who Are They?
A third of teachers entered the pool after facing legal or disciplinary charges. And more than a third came in after their schools were closed or phased out.
Teaching Profession
Houston District Settles Lawsuit With Teachers' Union Over Value-Added Scores
The Houston school district has settled a federal lawsuit brought by the teacher's union over the school system's controversial teacher evaluation system, which involved a secret algorithm.
Teaching Profession
Teachers Pair Up to Improve Practice
An expanding Tennessee professional development program matches teachers based on their complementary strengths and weaknesses.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Charters Licensing Their Own Teachers: A Symptom of Failure, Not a Cure
Given the recent debate around charters certifying their own teachers, Marc Tucker weighs in and calls for high professional standards for all teachers regardless of school type.
Teaching Profession
Gates Ends Investment in Teacher Evaluation: What That Means for the Field
Some states are already backing off of linking student test scores to teacher evaluations--but it's not because the Gates funding stream is ending.
Teaching Profession
Q&A
The 'Elephant in the Classroom': Q&A on Substitute Teaching
Jill Vialet developed an innovative nonprofit aimed at transforming the way schoolchildren across the country experience recess. Now she’s begun a new organization to help schools be more strategic about hiring, training, and deploying substitute teachers.
Teacher Preparation
N.Y. Teachers' Union Sues to Block Charters From Certifying Their Teachers
Charter schools in New York will soon be able to certify their own teachers--a measure the unions are hoping to fight in court.
Teacher Preparation
Yet Another Group Sets Out to Accredit Teacher-Prep Programs
The emergence of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation reflects an ongoing debate over how to tell if an education school is producing effective teachers.
School & District Management
Opinion
Has the United States Been 'Sleepwalking Through History' or Not?
Marc Tucker responds to critics of his argument that the U.S. has been sleepwalking in its approach to improving education compared to other countries.
Teaching Profession
News in Brief
Lion's Share of Ohio Districts Rank No Teachers as 'Ineffective'
About 94 percent of Ohio school districts did not rate a single teacher as "ineffective," the lowest rating on the state's four-rung teacher-evaluation scale, according to the 2016-17 state report card.
Teacher Preparation
Accreditation for Teacher Prep Needs a Makeover, Say Former Ed. Officials
The current system for accrediting schools of education isn't working, argue two former senior U.S. Department of Education officials. They think school districts and philanthropists can help.
Teacher Preparation
Are Selectivity and Diversity Competing Goals for Teaching?
Educators and experts debated strategies to attract the best and brightest into teaching while also creating a more demographically diverse teaching corps at a conference in Washington last month.
Teaching Profession
States Simplify Rules for Out-of-State Teachers
It's hard to transfer a teaching license from state to state, but 11 states have made it a little easier.