Teacher Apprenticeships: Long on possibility, short on details (for now)
February 2024Apprenticeships offer a promising model to help expand and diversify the teacher workforce. But NCTQ President Heather Peske cautions: We're...
For states to succeed in their efforts to improve reading instruction, they must ensure teachers are prepared to implement and sustain scientifically based reading instruction.
New data and analysis show that while many states seek to improve literacy outcomes for students, they overlook a key component to implementation and sustainability: effective teachers.
Apprenticeships offer a promising model to help expand and diversify the teacher workforce. But NCTQ President Heather Peske cautions: We're...
New data and analysis from NCTQ finds significant opportunities for teacher preparation programs to improve their coursework requirements to ensure...
Building a more diverse teacher workforce is essential to addressing educational inequity for students of color. In this analysis, NCTQ...
Improving instruction in elementary mathematics is critical to supporting better academic and life outcomes for our students. While weak elementary...
Non-teaching staff can have a big impact on student outcomes, yet little research explores how their turnover rates vary and...
NCTQ's Teacher Quality Bulletin distills the latest education research into clear, actionable information for education leaders. From topics like effective...
Several school district leaders shared how they've accomplished recent gains in building a more diverse teacher workforce.
Given both the importance—and dearth—of nuanced, local data on teacher supply and demand, NCTQ set out to understand the key...
How states have responded to a 2015 federal law that they collect and report on the equitable distribution of teacher...
Results of the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress reveal alarming results: Since 2019, scores declined substantially for all students,...
People have life coaches, nutrition coaches, and executive coaches. So, it's no surprise to see schools turning to coaches as...
A look at how using evidence-based practices can help ensure that teacher evaluation systems produce positive outcomes.
The skyrocketing price of health insurance impacts both teachers and school districts. Here's how some education leaders are keeping health...
Explore the most popular District Trendline posts of 2023, spotlighting topics like paid parental leave benefits, housing costs in relation...
Lack of affordable housing exacerbates the teacher staffing challenges that many school districts face.
Salaries are one of the most powerful policy levers states and school districts can use to attract qualified, effective, and...
An in-depth look at whether teacher salary increases have kept pace with rising consumer prices.