Gates/MET releases first set of findings on teacher effectiveness

It seems we might all save ourselves a whole lot of time, money and aggravation now being invested in fixing...

New NCTQ report card on Illinois education schools

Paving the way for our upcoming national review of education schools, in November NCTQ released a review of the 53...

Is DC in reverse? The latest fallout

Washington Teachers' Union president George Parker recently joined his pals Michelle Rhee and Adrian Fenty in the unemployment line....

Deciding which teachers must go is not a job all principals want

In 2004, Chicago ratified a new collective bargaining agreement that made it a lot easier for principals to remove teachers,...

In and out in less than five: Teaching's revolving door

There's been lots of talk about how the poor economy is causing teachers around the country to stay in...

What are the odds that these studies will show up on the evening news?

Whoa, Nelly. Just last September, a study from Vanderbilt's National Center on Performance Incentives found no correlation between performance pay...

Taking the time, and making it count

Parents will tell you that the old saw that it's not the quantity of time you spend with the kids,...

Class size reduction a bust in Florida--will somebody tell the voters?

Taking advantage of Florida's phased-in implementation of its 2002 constitutionally-mandated class size reduction, researcher Matt Chingos found no discernible...

Book Review: Profit of Education

Author: Dick Startz By Kate Walsh If you're like me, it may take some persuading to get you to pick up this...

The value of value-added

It has been said that value-added is the worst form of teacher evaluation, except for all the others that have...

In brief

A quick mention of some other news: Another study finds that most elementary teachers candidates aren't learning scientifically-based methods of reading...

NCTQ welcomes Arthur McKee

NCTQ is very pleased to announce that Arthur McKee will be joining our staff in...

This is how you do turnarounds

For the second time, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district has failed to win the $1 million Broad Prize, but its...

Can we bump HR from teacher hiring?

Ask principals about the most frustrating aspects of their jobs and likely at the top of the list will be...

Closing the achievement gap: we just need more 90210's!

When families move to a neighborhood for the great schools, they generally have to pay for it in sky-high real...