September 2015: Lifetime Earnings

This month's Trendline updates NCTQ's analysis in Smart Money: What teachers make, how long it takes and what it buys...

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Early childhood interventions—a slow fade and a strong comeback?

When trying to improve educational outcomes, it is hard not to feel the need for urgency. We want to figure...

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Staying in my classroom while expanding my reach beyond it

Today's TQB features commentary from Melody Arabo, Michigan's 2015 Teacher of the Year. Imagine a hybrid role that allows teachers to take on...

Can student teaching be the driver for teacher quality?

I can be a slow learner.My colleagues at NCTQ and I have been working together on teacher quality for well...

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The numbers don’t lie-but they may bend the truth a little

Here's a question which (as far as we know) no one has asked before: are new teachers who graduate from more...

End double—and lower—standards for special education teachers

Almost 6.4 million students—about 13% of students overall—receive special education services. Meanwhile, nearly the same percentage of the teacher workforce...

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Switching it up isn’t always a good thing

Rather than looking for the next big reform to improve teacher quality, a new study considers whether it's time for...

Is it better to look like a good idea than be one?

Student teaching is intended to be the culminating experience of a teacher's preparation. It's typically a fall or spring semester commitment. Over...

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Student-Centered Instruction to Boost Mathematics Achievement?

Want to increase mathematics achievement for all first grade students? Focus on teacher-directed instruction. That takeaway is from new research by Paul Morgan and...

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Who is teaching the students? Depends on which students you are talking about!

Welcome to a new school year! A chance to learn new subjects, make new friends and be reminded anew of the disparities...

July 2015: Teacher Leave

This month's Trendline examines how much sick and personal leave the nation's biggest districts give each year and also how...

A new tool for teacher policy change: the gavel

"It should not take this long."A simple sentiment, but one that likely resonates with almost any teacher who has ever...

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Stay or go? Your contract might provide some insight!

People have offered many reasons for the inequitable distribution of teacher talent and experience across schools: salary, the desirability of the locale,...

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Confronting our biases in student discipline cases

Racial disparities have long been observed in school discipline records. Stanford University researchers Jason Okonofua and Jennifer Eberhardt shed new light on...

Contract round up: Los Angeles and San Diego

In this edition of Catching up on Contracts, we parse the major policy changes of the latest contracts in two...