New York's Back

After a boring few weeks of silence, the Big Apple is back to providing us with the kind of conflict...

ABCTE Announces First Class of Certified Candidates

The American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) announced last week that it has certified its first group of...

Southeast Center Blasts TFA Study

We didn't have to wait too long for Teach For America's long time critics to take their shots at the...

The Comings and Goings of Missouri's Teachers

The Economics of Education Review has recently published an excellent study by University of Missouri economics professor Michael Podgursky (and...

Report Looks at New Teachers in Boston

A recently released report from the Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools looks at the hiring, induction and...

Paying for a New Kind of Performance

Teachers in Texas were cleaning their classrooms with new fervor this June. The desire to scrub was due to a...

New Resource for Teacher Quality Junkies

The Education Commission of the States (ECS) and Learning Point Associates launched a fantastic new website this week that offers...

Teachers Laid Off While CEO Plans to Blast Off ?

The Cleveland school board recently cut $100 million from the district's budget and in so doing eliminated 1,400 jobs, including...

Resisting the Sirens of Teacher Induction

By Kate Walsh, NCTQ President Let's begin on common ground. I love teacher induction. What's not to love? Instead of throwing...

Pennsylvania Retreats

In the April 2, 2004 TQB (Vol. 5, No. 8), we reported on the abysmal test scores of middle school...

New Jersey Steps it Up

While other states seem to be doing everything they can to skirt the intent of the teacher quality provisions of...

Goldhaber and Anthony Revisited

In a June 2004 brief, John Stone of the Education Consumers Consultants Network looks at Goldhaber and Anthony's recent findings...

Florida Adopts American Board

Last week, the State of Florida announced it will accept the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence's (ABCTE's) test-based...

Texans Blaze an Alternative Trail

Turns out that the majority of the first-year teachers in the state of Texas now arrive in the classroom through...

Chicago Teachers Face an Uncertain Future

Some major shake-ups may be on the horizon for the Windy City's teachers. According to the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago...