Teacher Trendline: The Role of Teacher Performance in Evaluations, Pay and Layoffs
In our monthly newsletter for school districts, we look at how districts are tying eval ratings, pay and layoffs to...
DQC: More states sharing teacher performance data with teacher prep
DQC releases its latest 'Data for Action' report.
Tr3 Trends: Philadelphia's Teacher Contract Negotiations
We take a look at what's on the bargaining table in Philadelphia and how it compares to policies in other...
Tr3 Trends: Student and Teacher School Year
With the start of a new school year upon us, we thought we'd take a look at the 2013-14 calendars...
Tr3 Trends: The Timing of Teacher Contracts
In this edition of our monthly school district policy newsletter, we look at which districts' teachers are working under expired...
Tr3 Trends: Teacher Salaries, Urban vs. Suburban
In this month's Tr3 Trends newsletter, we compare teacher pay in suburbs and cities.
Teacher voices: Leighton on teacher prep and learning to teach elementary math
Conveying math content requires skill. Leighton Thomas talks about the importance of learning how to break down math concepts for...
Teacher voices: Dowan on teacher prep and selection criteria
Dowan McNair-Lee talks about the need to set high academic standards for those entering the profession. She's an eighth grade...
An inside look at some of the top teacher prep programs
Today NCTQ released its Teacher Prep Review, which takes a close look at the quality of training provided by 2,420...
Teacher voices: Marisol on teacher prep and student teachers
As part of our series of teacher voice videos, we hear from Marisol Castillo, a high school English teacher with...
Teacher voices: Eliza on teacher prep and student teaching
Eliza Ramirez, a middle school English/language arts teacher with five years experience, talks about the importance of being placed with...
Teacher voices: David on teacher prep and using student data
David Gesualdi is an elementary school physical education teacher with six years experience. He speaks about the importance of...
Teacher voices: Alexandra on teacher prep and using student data
As a part of our teacher voices video series, we hear from Alexandra Fuentes, who talks about how her teacher...
Teacher voices: Vonzele on teacher prep and learning classroom management strategies
In the latest installment in our teacher voices video series, Vonzele Reed says he wished he'd learned more classroom management...
Teacher voices: Matt on teacher prep and learning classroom management strategies
Today we continue our teacher voices video series and hear from Matt McCabe, a tenth grade world history teacher. Matt's...
Teacher voices: Stephanie on teacher prep and licensure
As a part of our teacher voices video series, Stephanie Tsakeris speaks out on the importance of licensure standards that...
Teacher voices: Kylene on teacher prep and special education math
Kylene Young talks about the math preparation she wishes she'd had as a special education teaching candidate. She's now a...
Teacher voices on teacher preparation
Some of the most valuable insights on teacher preparation come from teachers themselves.
Tr3 Trends: Substitute Teachers
Substitute teachers spend a lot of time with students, yet policies governing their work don't often make it into the...
The Recession's Impact on Teacher Salaries
Teacher salary growth took a hit during the recession. Our new report details the impact in 41 major school...
Tr3 Trends: Health Insurance Premiums
Without a doubt, health insurance is the most important and expensive part of teachers' benefits packages, comprising a big chunk...
The Evolution of an Evaluation System
D.C. has made some notable changes to its IMPACT evaluation system over the past four years.
Tr3 Trends: Teacher Excessing and Placement
In this month's Tr3 Trends, we take a look at teacher excessing: what factors determine which teachers to excess, how...
Performance-Pay-Lite Won't Cut It
If districts want to see long-term savings by rewarding top teachers they've got to go big or go home.
LA: There aren't any winners in this deal
L.A.'s new eval system isn't good for teachers, the district, or the union.
TR3 Trends: School Year Length and Summer Break
For this issue, we took a look at school year calendars to see just how long students were out of...
How much leave do teachers get?
The first apples-to-apples comparison of teacher leave benefits: Where does your district rank?