April 2016: Teacher transfers and mutual consent

In this edition of the District Trendline, we take a look at the policies that govern voluntary and involuntary transfers, plus...

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Part 1: Five Habits that lead to ineffective teaching—and how to fix them

Editor's Note: I heard Erin Burns speak at an Opportunity Culture conference about her decision to return to the...

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Part 2: Follow-up Q & A with special guest Doug Lemov

Editor's Note: We spoke with Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like A Champion (now in its revised 2.0 version), Reading...

March 2016: Observations

Observations are an essential component of teacher evaluations that receive far less attention than student growth, yet affect more teachers. This...

Teacher evaluations: shortsighted backpedalling or measured course correcting? A bit of both.

With Congress having reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act earlier this year, there's been a lot of celebration from some camps...

Save more money, fire fewer people and boost student achievement? How one district weathered the Great Recession.

No one's happy about laying off teachers during an economic downturn, but some approaches to deciding who to lay off may...

Getting Licensed to Teach in Minnesota: A Puzzling Process

A year ago a group of 20 out-of-state teachers filed a lawsuit in Minnesota over the state's teacher licensing regulations which they...

Check this out:

Shout out to the graphics team at Goshen College for coming up with one of the best interactive charts we've seen in...

A bleak look at teacher prep in Tennessee

New data shines a spotlight on what's happening in the black box of teacher prep – but what it reveals...

Déjà vu all over again in Chicago

For all intents and purposes, Chicago Public Schools appears to be out of money—having recently borrowed $725 million just to...

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February 2016: Chicago

With contract negotiations in Chicago attracting national attention, this special edition of the Trendline takes a look at how the Windy City...

Pay attention, everybody- DC's on a roll

What happens in DC has the potential to impact districts across the entire nation.

Better evaluations, better teachers?

As any district can attest, overhauling teacher evaluations represents a huge lift for all involved. The temptation to look for...

Matchmaking matters when it comes to student teaching

With the year's most romantic holiday fresh in our memories, we turn to a different kind of matchmaking: matching student teachers with...

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Learning About Learning should be an eye-opener for teacher candidates

As an aspiring elementary teacher, my goal has been to obtain the best possible training to prepare myself for my future...