What the teacher surplus means for teacher preparation

Michigan's state school chief Michael Flanagan gets it.In an interview published today in the Kalamazoo Gazette, Michael Flanagan puts his...

Chicago extends its school year -- finally!

On Tuesday, Chicago Public Schools announced that it will be adding 10 days onto its school year beginning September 2012....

Q and A with Hartford Parent Organization Council

NCTQ spoke with Milly Arciniegas, president of the Hartford Parent Organization Council, about her group's efforts to improve education in...

Spending on education?

Collective bargaining has taken a hit in Wisconsin, and with it the Wisconsin Education Association Council which recently laid off...

Stocks. . . bonds. . . or teachers?

As the new school year approaches, budget cuts are forcing states and school systems to make decisions that will affect...

The public weighs in: sacred cows and selectivity

Recent results from the Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll show that the public holds this nugget of conventional wisdom in high...

How much field work should teacher candidates do? Somewhere between 0 and 800 hours...

Every year, teacher preparation programs submit survey information about their licensure programs to states, which in turn submit institution- and...

Baltimore's Catch-22

We know that stable and capable leadership is an essential ingredient in the teacher quality recipe. So an article last...

Thank you - Council of Great City Schools

We are honored to announce today that the Council of the Great City Schools — which represents sixty-five superintendents responsible...

National Review Myth Buster #6: Shouldn't teacher candidates meet higher academic standards than football players?

In Thursday's post we dispelled the notion that private institutions fare better in NCTQ's ratings on our standards for teacher preparation programs...

National Review Myth Buster #5: Whether an institution is public or private doesn't amount to a hill of beans when we rate on standards

With ten reports on teacher preparation programs under our belt, it's easy to check whether we rate public or private...

A former ed school dean weighs in on student teaching issues

The findings of NCTQ's recent report, Student Teaching in the United States, shine a light on fundamental problems of teacher...

National Review Myth Buster #4: We are formal teacher preparation's best friend

Our National Review of Teacher Prep is well under way. We've been working hard to coordinate with colleges, universities...

Should we care where teachers come from?

A report out from the National Center for Education Information on the profile of teachers hired in the past decade...

Be careful what you wish for

For years, ed reformers have wanted people to pay closer attention to issues that generally make their eyes glaze over—issues...