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Is a teachers union that doesn’t fight every dismissal still a teachers union?

The public may not have much noticed the Janus v. AFSCME decision from the US Supreme Court, but the unions...

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Evaluation Essentials: How do districts measure up?

Districts' policies should enable teachers and administrators to fully capitalize on the benefits provided by strong evaluation practices.

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Statement on the decision in Janus vs. AFSCME

The Supreme Court's decision to end unions' ability to collect "agency fees" from nonconsenting employees puts the onus squarely on...

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Ripple effects: effective teaching echoes for years

The nation has taken steps toward giving all students, regardless of their background, equal access to great teachers. By more...

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Increasing the value of student teaching

Student teaching is intended to serve as the opportunity for aspiring teachers to apply what they have learned from their...

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Drowning in data from the OECD

Though I've never considered myself an isolationist, I am increasingly questioning the value of looking beyond American borders for insights...

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How are districts and states using pay to staff high-need schools and subjects?

Paying teachers more to work in high-need schools and subjects—known as "differential pay"—is one of the most powerful tools school...

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Strong support for rigorous principal evaluations

In Tennessee schools, accountability starts at the top - and that might be making all the difference.

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Can better applicant screening raise teacher quality?

It's teacher hiring season, and school districts are out in full force working to recruit teachers.

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Teacher strikes: on the wisdom of restraint

Teachers who had been getting a particularly bad deal stood up to advocate for change in their states, but while...

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Want teachers who are ready on day one? Here's where to look!

As school districts plan for the coming school year, many are already considering where to recruit a fresh crop of...

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In Data We Trust

Without first understanding a problem, it's next-to-impossible to fix it. A new policy brief demonstrates how one state looked first...

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Does Opportunity Culture bring students more opportunities to learn?

About 20 school districts have adopted new staffing models known collectively as Opportunity Culture, each designed to maximize the impact...

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Reading into flat NAEP scores

With decades of research that have shown the number of children struggling to read can be cut by two-thirds or...

Is NCTQ’s Teacher Prep Review actually having an impact?

In just a couple of weeks NCTQ will be releasing an updated set of ratings for graduate and alternative route...