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This second part of our book recommendations focuses on books that help teachers learn about how to teach students to read and books on the big picture–international comparisons and efforts to improve education generally.

This is a grave time. As we try our best to weather this storm, we find ourselves asking a lot of questions that produce answers no more reliable than what we might expect from a Ouija board.

Colleges and universities must lead the way in achieving excellence and equity for aspiring teachers of color. This report digs deep into which teacher preparation programs excel at both outcomes, revealing that more than 80 institutions achieve both equity and excellence in their candidates’ performance on licensure tests.

Every year, countless English learning students pass through our education system without getting the help they need. And for each one, a teacher is left feeling frustrated, or confused, and may not even realize why.

Filling those hard-to-staff teacher vacancies doesn’t have to be so hard. Making a few straightforward adjustments to compensation, incentives, and partnerships can change the game.

Together we can address the literacy crisis head-on, reversing historical patterns of inequity and changing the lives of millions of our children.

A review of school districts’ parental leave policies and how these policies can help support and retain teachers

Insights on what school districts can do to ensure every classroom is staffed with an effective teacher.

States must now consider how these coronavirus-related closures are impacting student teaching and other licensure requirements.

The right incentives can motivate a student to do homework, an employee to hit a quota, and even a child to finish her vegetables.

A new study shows that like me, other first-year teachers are quite good at consistently showing up to school rather than staying home. Ben Ost (University of Illinois at Chicago) and Jeffrey Schiman (Georgia Southern University) look at how the number of teachers’ absences (counting only sick and personal days, not professional development) change as their workload (e.g., class size, years of experience) changes.

Preschool is regarded by many as the best opportunity for an early course correction, allowing all children to be launched on a successful academic—and life—trajectory no matter what is happening at home. Yet the jury is still out on whether preschool can deliver on that promise.

A few weeks ago while my blizzard-frenzied hometown of Baltimore was busy emptying grocery shelves of bread and toilet paper, I took off for Paris—at the invitation of the OECD. There’s nothing I love more than a great big snow storm, but sacrifices must be made.

Dr. Botman has dedicated her career to higher education. She previously served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Massachusetts, the president of University of Southern Maine, and the provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at The City University of New York.