Press Room Resources

Contact Susan Douglas (sdouglas@nctq.org/202-393-0020 ext.105) to find out who on NCTQ staff is best equipped to answer your specific question or to request an interview with NCTQ leadership. You can also reach out to our communications consultant, Lisa Cohen, lisa@lcohen.org or 310-395-2544.

NCTQ's senior staff is available for press interviews on a variety of subjects pertaining to the teaching profession, with specific expertise in the following areas:

  1. Teacher contracts and collective bargaining
    (Emily Cohen: ecohen@nctq.org/202 393-0020, ext 102)
  2. Teacher preparation, including alternative certification
    (Arthur McKee: amckee@nctq.org/202 393-0020, ext 114)
  3. State laws, regulations and practices
    (Sandi Jacobs: sjacobs@ntq.org/202 393-0020, ext 101)

There are useful resources dedicated to each of our three research areas.

  • States: The State Teacher Policy Yearbook grades each state on the quality of its teacher policies. The 2009 Yearbook is our most comprehensive edition to date but you should also check out the interim 2010 edition, Blueprint for Change, which captures state changes during the Race to the Top competition.
  • Districts/unions: TR3 is a database of over 100 school districts' teacher contracts, school board policies (including school calendars and pay schedules), and state laws. The database also does the heavy lifting for you, answering over 300 questions specific to each district, such as the role of seniority in teacher staffing and teacher salaries. You can compare a single district or state with any other district or state in the database. Run your own nifty report. Try it!
  • Ed schools: If you are interested in teacher preparation, NCTQ is in the process of evaluating all of the nation's education schools , for publication by US News and World Report in late 2012. In the meantime, you can review any one of our reports that led up to the national review, FAQs, the standards that we will be applying, all communications with higher education institutions about the review, including our responses to issues and ratings appeals; the data request we are making of institutions; the members of our Technical Panel; and our funders to date.