Suspicious Behavior

Can teachers be trusted to use social media appropriately? According to a new Missouri law, apparently not. Missouri Senate Bill 54...

The elephant in the teacher prep room

Arthur Levine, former president of Teachers College and current head of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, argues that the...

We want to hear from teachers about teacher prep

Since we launched our national review of teacher preparation programs last January, we've heard a lot from schools of education...

Beyond the Big Bucks

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made headlines last week for saying that teachers should be paid as much as $150,000...

Shuffle has no love from us

Know of a dance where you gotta move your muscle? No, we're not talking about the Cupid Shuffle, but the...

True partnership means REAL communication

A recent article in Education Week offers concrete suggestions on how to provide the best possible learning experience for student...

Friends don't let friends turn themselves "upside-down" when they can barely stand upright

Both the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and NCATE (education colleges' primary accreditor) have officially weighed in...

Ogden schools: Putting the cart before the horse

Teachers in the Ogden School District outside of Salt Lake City were given an unwelcome ultimatum this month: sign a...

The "make or break" of teacher prep: Student teaching

What does student teaching done "right" look like? That's the question we sought to answer in our three-year effort culminating...

Inside the DC IMPACT evaluation numbers: It's good stuff

It appears that Washington, DC's new teacher evaluation system, IMPACT, is what it is cracked up to be. Looking at...

Also in DC: Principals get a dose of their own medicine

And while we're on the subject of D.C., DCPS is also into its first year of a new evaluation system...

Making tenure count in the Big Apple

New evaluation guidelines implemented this year have resulted in a dramatic shift in the number of teachers being awarded--and denied--tenure...

Souring on the "Dance of the Lemons"

As this muggy summer drags on, districts are pressed to finalize teacher assignments for the coming school year. One complicating...

Anyone in the mood for another test?

Adding to a growing list of reports on performance pay that have come to similar conclusions, an evaluation of...

Charter schools: Robbing Peter to pay Paul?

Contrary to the new urban myth, charter schools aren't necessarily poaching all the good teachers from traditional public schools. ...