All roads are leading to improved teacher prep

In just the first two months of 2013 there have been myriad calls for reform from legislative, educational and citizen...

Testing the gym teacher

"I don't work for Parks and Recreation. I am a teacher first."

Performance-Pay-Lite Won't Cut It

If districts want to see long-term savings by rewarding top teachers they've got to go big or go home.

Quartering the Cash Cow?

Will the proposed CAEP standard requiring a cohort average in the top third of nationally normed test change how programs...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, can one VAM score tell us all?

Is an elementary teacher who teaches math effectively also an effective reading teacher, and vice versa?

Rewarding top teachers: A fourth way of getting teacher quality

Another strategy to go along with the others Marc Tucker recently identified

Data vacuum: State intel on principals a black hole

A new report finds that many states lack even the most basic data on principals

CAEP flies high on selectivity

CAEP joins the chorus in favor of selectivity

Feedback loop-de-loop

It's hard to improve if you don't know what needs improvement.

Measuring up in non-tested subjects

How do districts measure the effectiveness of teachers of non-tested subjects?

Putting COLA on a diet

An article declaring that "pension reform could hit oldest retired teachers the hardest" certainly grabs your attention.

There's something funny going on with reading textbooks

Really, why are there so many?

Menifee USD: Where innovation meets professional development

Last Thursday, we highlighted the Menifee Union School District in California for their innovative approach to professional development. Instead of...

Giving credit for student attendance and grit

Should evaluations include non-cognitive factors?

Are education school profs observing teachers and students in classrooms?

Spoiler alert: No