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If you're even a casual observer of the trends in higher education, odds are you're familiar with the persistent challenge...

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Unpacking Secondary Certification: The Two Types of Certification

There is a seemingly simple path to high school certification: complete a major in the subject you want to teach...

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The challenge of learning from others' mistakes

April 13, 2017 Dear State Legislator: First let's get the obvious points out of the way. I get...

March 2017: Evaluation systems

In recent years, teacher evaluation policy has been front and center in the quest to improve teacher quality. This month,...

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Observing the Observers

Student teaching is the capstone of every prospective teacher's preparation.

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Positive Reinforcement for Great Districts for Great Teachers

Over the course of NCTQ's first decade, I'll admit to having struggled a bit to figure out how to influence...

For those who want to teach: UTeach

Looking for an effective math teacher? What about a skilled science instructor? Need both? UTeach programs have you covered.That's the...

A Missed Opportunity for Performance Pay Research

How can we evaluate the effectiveness of pay-for-performance compensation systems if those systems are implemented only half-heartedly? That continues to...

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The Student Teaching Chrysalis

Just as a caterpillar spins its cocoon to emerge as a gorgeous butterfly, future teachers have their own chrysalis stage...

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Readiness Starts with Reading

Reading drives nearly everything in schools -- from learning about other cultures by reading textbooks, to finding out about the...

NCTQ Paper Finds Most Teachers Still Rated Effective Despite State Reforms

I saw this headline in my clips and did a double take, wondering if The Onion had begun mocking education...

Defying Expectations: The Right Teacher Can Help Low-Income Students Go Above and Beyond

What makes the difference in how well low-income students perform on Advanced Placement (AP) exams? A recent study published in...

Looking For Those Multiple Measures

Running in Place highlights the paradox of the ineffective "effective" teacher—one who fails to impact student achievement but remains eligible...

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The Science of Teaching Reading

Neuroscientists, psychologists, and reading experts all agree on the methods that will result in the most children becoming successful readers.

January 2017: New year, new Trendline!

District Trendline, previously known as Teacher Trendline, provides actionable research to improve district personnel policies that will strengthen the teacher...