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Two easy steps to a better principal

Looking for a good principal? Start your search with good teachers.

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Video-based observations and teacher evaluations

Just as football and basketball teams spend hours reviewing game tape, teachers have much to gain from self-observation.

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Evaluators require expertise

If there's one thing we know about teacher evaluations, it's that they're only as effective as the people doing the...

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Getting at the root of the school to prison pipeline

Is the reason Americans tolerate unnecessarily high rates of kids who never learn how to read yet another manifestation of...

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Ensuring strong and stable substitute teacher pools

What do substitute teacher pools look like across the largest school districts in the country and how can districts use...

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Shocker! New evidence that teachers are more effective when they know their subject

Perhaps this headline seems self-evident, but the backlash against licensure tests suggests otherwise.

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The very real damage to student learning from pink slips

Here's a legitimately scary topic never far from teachers' minds when the economy takes a downturn: the threat of being...

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The missing link

While all student teaching experiences are not created equal, understanding and measuring how they are different turns out to be a challenge.

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If they could do it, so can we

I look back to my sisters of a century or more ago, who fought a lot harder for a lot...

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Teacher evaluation that’s meaningful

In this month's District Trendline, we examine some key characteristics of teacher evaluation systems in the nation's largest school districts,...

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You don't get what you pay for: paying teachers more for master's degrees

This month, the District Trendline looks at the role of advanced degrees in how teachers are paid.

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Can public education find its mosquito net?

In journalist Natalie Wexler's powerful new book, The Knowledge Gap, she sets out to make the case for the critical...

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You get what you pay for

Our drum is beating for both better base pay and much more strategic use of compensation dollars by school districts...

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Getting students to the room where it happens

If this measure can help identify and reward those teachers who are effectively encouraging kids to show up to class...

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Three steps for creating and retaining a strong STEM teaching corps

Districts report the most difficulty not only filling STEM and special ed vacancies but keeping them filled with strong, effective...