Study of Milwaukee public school teachers echoes findings in various states

The bottom line from a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute isn't a jaw dropper but it bears...

AACTE plays peacemaker between NCATE and TEAC: A wolf in sheep's clothing?

At its annual meeting last February AACTE convened a task force to look into merging the industry's two credentialing bodies--NCATE...

Are you all 4 ed?

The Alliance for Excellent Education is hosting an event on Thursday, April 10th-- Improving the Distribution of Teachers in Low-Performing...

Closing the teacher quality gap

It's a logical progression from the student achievement gap to the teacher quality gap. Naturally it falls to...

Reassigning teachers to low-performing schools: the latest

As part of their respective attempts to close achievement gaps among high- and low-poverty schools, the superintendents of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North...

Ms. Weingarten goes to Washington?

As widely expected, AFT president Edward J. McElroy confirmed that he is leaving his position as head of the nation's...

Colorado gets innovative

The word "innovation" is almost a cliche in education reform; it is easily and loosely applied to every new (and...

Performance pay moves to the grown-ups' table

Here's one more bit of evidence that the push for compensation reform continues to gain political momentum (in spite of...

Temp agencies for teachers--the wave of the future?

Judging by the number of retired teachers headed back into the classroom, the adage that 60 is the new 40...

Surprise! Professional development--at least in reading--worth a dime

Ask most teachers what they think of district-led professional development and you'll likely get groans and rolled eyes. But a...

Governor Lingle: still making waves in Hawaii

More news on the dispute over Hawaii's proposed drug-testing program for teachers. As we previously reported (see December 2007...

Tax breaks for teachers

The school district in Chelsea, Massachusetts, has a novel idea for reducing its high teacher turnover rate: give its teachers...

Honing in on the weakest link: school principals

Part of the solution for lowering high teacher turnover rates may actually be to lower the principal turnover rate. ...

Lay off the seniority

When deciding which teachers go first during a layoff, many states take an approach better suited for a factory setting...

Two new reports we recommend...

Check out Education Sector's recent report A Rush to Judgment , a comprehensive look at on the long neglected issue...