We examine if and how 148 large U.S. school districts use strategic pay to recruit and retain teachers.
We must join together to ensure that our nation keeps children and teachers safe.
While most states have made progress in building out their data systems, key data connections are missing.
Our nation’s educators and students are exhausted and embattled, but not beaten.
For school districts looking to fulfill staffing needs, hosting student teachers offers many advantages to creating a pool of effective new teachers.
To attract teachers to rural areas we either have to come up with a significant and steady infusion of cash—or life in rural America needs to become a more attractive proposition.
For school district leaders, a crucial strategy for hiring a strong, effective teacher workforce is to offer competitive salaries.
The 2019-2020 school year is coming to a close, but school district leaders will continue to face the challenges of distance learning as they plan for both summer school and fall openings.
The settlement agreement in CA still tiptoes around the most likely reason these kids aren’t reading.
Is the reason Americans tolerate unnecessarily high rates of kids who never learn how to read yet another manifestation of institutionalized racism?
In journalist Natalie Wexler’s powerful new book, The Knowledge Gap, she sets out to make the case for the critical importance of a knowledge-rich curriculum.
If we want to increase the number of teachers who believe that the teaching profession is valued by society from the current abysmal 36 percent, one place to start is paying them like the professionals they are.
I know teacher evaluation is now considered toxic, but I’ve never been one to shy away from tilting at windmills.
Take your eyes off the pounding surf for a moment to read my top three interesting developments worth noting.
It’s reasonable to assume that a master’s degree in teaching should provide new teachers with a leg up compared to those who go through training as an undergraduate. Not so.
As school districts plan for the coming school year, many are already considering where to recruit a fresh crop of new teachers – teachers eager to put everything they’ve learned from preparation into practice.
We’ve all taken plenty of tests in our time—so surely any of us could figure out how to assess our students, right? Not so fast! Strong assessment practice requires training in how to design, implement, interpret, and use different forms of assessment and data.
This month, we analyze school calendars for the 2016-2017 school year to answer some key questions. Is school really starting earlier? How long is the school year for students and teachers?
Observations from a School Turnaround Leader
