Week of May 11, 2015

Teacher quality happenings this week: a new American Federation of Teachers’ survery find that teacher's job satisfaction has dropped, James...

Teacher Quality News: Week of May 4

This week: closing poor performing schools doesn’t academically hurt displaced students, San Francisco is struggling to hire teachers for next...

April 2015: Transfers and Excessing

April's Trendline is all about transfers and excessing, highlighting how districts prioritize transfers and how they decide where to place...

Week of April 27, 2015

Chicago teachers are going back into contract negotiations, CAP has a new report, Missouri’s new and tougher teacher licensure test...

Teacher Quality News: Week of April 20

TQ News for April 22, 2015

Our worry is spelled FERPA, not ESEA

The lack of a major new teacher-related initiative in the Alexander-Murray ESEA draft doesn't have us especially worked up. It shouldn't be...

Myth Busters: Scholar asserts reports on American teachers' teaching time are grossly exaggerated

The myth: U.S. teachers spend upwards of 50 percent more time in front of their students than teachers in other countries...

They may be twin studies but their results sure aren't identical

We were heartened to find not one–but two–education studies this month using data gleaned from twins to answer research questions...

When it comes to teachers understanding fractions, it is a small world after all

As scarce as international studies on teaching generally are, we were glad to see two new studies looking at what it takes...

The Good Behavior Game

As I think about my career plans for next year when I will begin work as a first-year high school math teacher,...

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Tune in to NCTQ (April 2015): State Policy

For as long as NCTQ has been tracking teacher policy, states have overwhelmingly set a lower bar for licensing new special education...

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Tune in to NCTQ (April 2015): District policy

Given the general direction of federal and state policy over the past few years, one could easily think most large districts include,...

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Tune in to NCTQ (April 2015): Teacher prep

The surprising news about Russ Whitehurst's departure from Brookings Institution's Brown Center on Education Policy, a center he had ably led since...

Teacher Quality News: Week of April 13

image by Samantha MarxTeacher PrepNew York’snew budget, which Gov Cuomo is expected to sign, sends more money to education -...

Contract round up: San Francisco, Albuquerque, Brevard County (FL), Elgin U-46 (IL) and Tulsa

This month’s Catching up on Contracts reports on contract changes in five districts in our Teacher Contract Database: San Francisco...