Happy Head Start Awareness Month

October is Head Start Awareness month, which ironically began the same day many Head Start programs were forced to shutter...

Pieces of the puzzle fitting together

It's not often that quantitative work in education research is as complementary as two recent working papers on student sorting.

No man should stand alone

A key factor in keeping black men in the teaching profession: Other black male teachers

REAChing for trust in teacher evaluations

What do Chicago teachers think about REACH evaluations? Survey results show mixed feelings --trust will be key.

Guest post: We might as well be rubbing ice on their little heads

Whether kids find themselves with teachers who are effective reading teachers shouldn't be left to chance. The stakes are just...

Tr3 Trends: Philadelphia's Teacher Contract Negotiations

We take a look at what's on the bargaining table in Philadelphia and how it compares to policies in other...

Get an 8-month jump on Teacher Appreciation Week!

Give a teacher the gift of the latest issue of the New Republic.

The Pen is Mightier than the Censor

Take a moment this Banned Books Week to remember a book that changed your life.

Twitter insights: College majors revealed

Ed majors take to Twitter and this is what they have to say...

NCTQ wins an Eddie award from the Policy Innovators in Education Network

Teacher Prep Review is "most actionable research"

Re-stirring the already stirred alt cert research pot

It's time to ask different questions

If you can read this...

Be sure to check out a posting in today's Washington Post, in which an impressively long list of very impressive...

The Forum: An update on appeals by institutions to change their ratings in the Teacher Prep Review

Correcting our work in evaluating elementary math preparation in the Sooner State

Teacher Prep: Be all you can be?

So what does it take to attract the best of the best into the teaching profession?

Get smart!

Amanda Ripley's excellent book, The Smartest Kids in the World, shows that nations can choose educational excellence -- or mediocrity.