News Flash: US teacher training in mathematics found lacking

A more rigorous curriculum is often cited as one remedy to the many documented failings of American middle schools, but...

State legislatures rethinking teacher pay

Another analysis finding that teachers who have advanced degrees aren't any more effective than teachers that don't have one is...

Houston: Keep trying until you get it right

A new grant from the Gates Foundation may help the Houston Independent School District get its beleaguered performance pay initiative...

Interactive virtual tutor teaches math, creeps people out

Overheard today at an elementary school in New Zealand, this conversation between eight-year-old Stanley Bubrick and his new math teacher... STANLEY:...

Up in smoke: drug testing program for teachers challenged by ACLU

Hawaii is getting set to initiate the nation's first random drug testing of teachers but, first, the American Civil Liberties...

Fabulous new positions...

NCTQ has two new job openings. The Field Director will work with school districts to build a stronger link between...

Letter to the editor

In "New York City: A Deal At Any Cost," (NCTQ Bulletin October 31, 2007) Kate Walsh articulates a number of...

How the best performing school systems come out on top

We might just rent a few billboards to call attention to a singularly coherent report out of the McKinsey consulting...

Busting myths about teacher attrition

A study out of the CALDER Center brings some fresh thinking to the issue of teacher attrition. ...

Resignations, review boards and gotcha units: It's hard out there for a teacher

Speaking of teacher attrition, New York City's teacher union, the UFT, is claiming that teacher resignations there have nearly doubled...

A big step forward in holding ed schools accountable

Unprecedented natural disasters aside, Louisiana remains doggedly serious about sticking with its groundbreaking 2002 decision to hold its ed schools...

Finally UTeach expands

The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) recently announced the first three universities (eventually there will be twelve) that will...

Salaries matter, class sizes don't

Get this. What do the Texas high schools that have been most successful in teaching math and science to...

Sweet deals turning sour: the woes of the teacher pension system

Retirement may be something teachers fantasize about, but for policymakers it is a nightmare. Unfortunately, reality is confronting policymakers head...

New performance pay initiatives--we can't keep up

The state that pioneered the revolutionary "value-added" methodology once again proves it's on the forefront of ed policy reform. New...