April’s Trendline is all about transfers and excessing, highlighting how districts prioritize transfers and how they decide where to place teachers when excessing occurs. Plus, we take a detailed look at mutual consent policies across the country.
This month’s Catching up on Contracts focuses on salaries and benefits in the five districts we reviewed. In four of the featured districts, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Omaha Public Schools, Long Beach Unified School District and Hartford Public Schools, the salary changes are nothing out of the ordinary. However, one district, Mesa Public Schools, introduced a complete overhaul of its previous salary structure this school year.
As the year draws to a close, we look back on the most talked about Teacher Trendlines from 2014. We covered everything from teacher salaries to leave policies and in this edition, we highlight some of the most popular Teacher Trendlines from the past year.
A district and teachers union work together to find sensible solutions to vexing problems: A no-brainer, right? No.
Whose job is it to fix this problem?
It’s tax day in America, the day we settle up with Uncle Sam for all of the services provided for the common good, including education.
Are the CCSS a bit dense? Yes, but a number of smart phone apps may help
The shades fly up A sheet of white snow covers the ground “No school” they cry A day off has been found!
Reflecting on our weekend with NCTQ’s Teacher Advisory Group
So what does it take to attract the best of the best into the teaching profession?
A joyous arrival closer to home than London
To be a teacher means: Muttering the Pledge of Allegiance in your sleep, knowing how to wear chalk smudges like the latest fashion,
If districts want to see long-term savings by rewarding top teachers they’ve got to go big or go home.