Texas Embraces Competitive Certification, Unions Object Loudly

A promising new plan in Texas might help the state to tap into a new source of qualified teachers--if it...

What Idaho Knows

Idaho has taken a major step in reforming its teacher licensure system by approving the groundbreaking American Board certification exams....

He Who Giveth Can Take Away

With state budgets in bad shape, NBPTS is being forced to defend the special status often conferred upon National Board...

Study of Ed Schools Draws Predictable Ire

In education, a lot of research is brought to bear on subjects that have already been tackled while relatively little...

Growing Evidence on Class Size

What are the effects, if any, of smaller classes on student achievement? It depends on who you ask. The American...

Dick Riordan Gets the Call in California

Now that Arnold Schwarzenegger has been elected Governor of California, he is beginning to make appointments that give us the...

Marysville, Marysville

The record-breaking 49-day strike in Washington's Marysville school district did not end in a puff of good feelings. Rather, this...

Punished for Doing Their Job

School violence is a problem across the country. Part of the reason is that teachers who attempt to intervene in...

How Many Teachers Are Highly Qualified in Your State?

States recently submitted their first mandatory report on the percentage of "highly qualified teachers" to the Department of Education. The...

City Schools Employing More Highly Qualified Teachers

While states may be having trouble counting the number of highly qualified teachers, cities around the country are making encouraging...

What is Virginia Thinking?

The urgency of recruiting qualified teachers into the classroom is leading to a wide variety of reforms. Some forms of...

Snafu

A gigantic bureaucratic blunder may cost as many as 7,000 new Illinois teachers their jobs. It seems the state of...

Conference Breaks New Ground

The American Enterprise Institute, Progressive Policy Institute and the National Council on Teacher Quality held an important conference last week...

Steady Salary Gains in the South

The Southern Regional Education Board came out with a survey of teacher salaries in ITS 17 member states. While teacher...

Terminator, Gubernator, Educator?

"I have become an expert in special education. I have become an expert in after-school programs. But I want to...