TR3 Trends: School Year Length and Summer Break

For this issue, we took a look at school year calendars to see just how long students were out of...

State Teacher Prep Policies At a Glance

Check out our new "At a Glance" summary of key findings, a master table of states' teacher prep policies, and...

edTPA: Slow this train down

A big initiative requires big data

What we wish we had known

NCTQ's staff talk about their first days as novice teachers

Going for the Gold?

Head-on collision? NCATE and Louisiana's "VAM for teacher prep" results

Loving children is not enough

The public thinks we need more selective ed school admissions

A Wish List for New Teachers

The first year of teaching needn't be as hard as it usually is

Maximizing return on 3rd grade reading initiatives

Policymakers latch on to the idea that proficiency in reading by third grade helps ensure later academic success

Friday Teacher Prep Round-Up

A finely grained piece by WSJ's Stephanie Banchero on AUSL's teacher training/school turnaround program tops the week's news on teacher...

The art of becoming a teacher: Lessons from 1892

A teacher candidate portfolio that met a high bar

How much leave do teachers get?

The first apples-to-apples comparison of teacher leave benefits: Where does your district rank?

How to learn

Does Parade magazine provide better information than your average teacher prep program?

Teachers' mantle of martyrdom still rests on many shoulders

A "back to school" inspired reprise

Behind the headlines: Court throws out settlement protecting LA's poorest schools from layoffs

Some context on the recent legal developments in California

Teacher Prep News Round-Up: The online ed degree rocket, Alt-route Minnesota and more

A weekly digest of the top news in teacher prep