Prevention and remediation key to smart third grade reading policies

The adage that before grade three students learn to read, and after grade three they read to learn has become...

Catching up with PDQ: From our Pretty Darn Quick blog

You heard that right Need for more balance between teacher quality and curriculum. A teacher's thoughts on the teacher shuffle Why...

National Review Myth Buster #11: We didn't invent our teacher prep standards without teacher educator advice

More on the long, slow trek to NCTQ's teacher prep standards

The Common Core Honeymoon

There's no question that, with 46 states signed on, the Common Core State Standards are shaking up K-12 education. It's a...

A drumbeat for higher ed to have higher purpose

Calls for higher ed to become more accountable to the public it serves are not dying down.

State Teacher Policy Yearbook: Breaking it Down

If you're not up to reading all 9,000 pages of our State Teacher Policy Yearbook, relax! We've broken down the...

Throwing down the gauntlet

CCSSO's executive director: the Common Core won't "deliver against its promise" without teacher prep reform

What is going on in Connecticut?

Meaningful teacher evaluation is not yet a done deal in every state

A teacher's thoughts on the teacher shuffle

Our guest blogger is Wagma Mommandi, a 10th grade science teacher in D.C. Public Schools. She wrote in response to...

A Serious Approach to Reading

Following an encouraging trend — and moving toward meeting one of our State Teacher Policy Yearbook goals — Wisconsin recently...

Lunch with Betsy Arons

Every month, NCTQ invites experts from the field over for lunch to discuss their work. Last week Betsy Arons, CEO...

What's your disposition?

As part of our work for the National Review of Teacher Preparation Programs, NCTQ has taken on a big task:...

Rankings Get Support

College rankings may be imperfect, but they drive institutions to improve while serving as a much needed tool for consumers....

The scoop on class size

When we read that an arbitrator in Portland ordered the district to compensate high school teachers for increasing their student...

No Surprise, There's No Consensus

Teacher prep can't agree on how it should be held accountable