Boston Public Schools making strides in human capital policies
Way back in 2010, NCTQ released Human Capital in Boston Public Schools: Rethinking How to Attract, Develop and Retain Effective Teachers in partnership...
No greater than the sum of their parts
If one Teach For America (TFA) corps member can boost student test scores at a higher rate than other teachers in...
"No Way" to San Jose
A district and teachers union work together to find sensible solutions to vexing problems: A no-brainer, right? No.
Want to join a committee?
At last count, the new agreement between New York City and the United Federation of Teachers adds 3,300 new committees.
Getting to the fine print in New York
We’re beginning to fill in the blanks on the details of the agreement reached last week between the New York...
Start spreading the news! New York teachers have a new tentative agreement
After working almost five years without a contract, more than 62,000 New York City teachers now have a new contract...
Tax Time
It's tax day in America, the day we settle up with Uncle Sam for all of the services provided for...
Unassigned teachers, many deemed ineffective, could head back to NYC classrooms
The New York Daily News ran a story that New York City Chancellor Fariña is considering sending the 1,200 teachers...
Revisiting Springfield, Massachusetts
NCTQ recently undertook a follow-up study of teacher policies of Springfield Public Schools at the request of the Springfield Business...
Someone cheated. Who's responsible?
Over the past few months, allegations of cheating seem to be a dime a dozen.
Teacher Trendline: 2013 Recap
This month we look back at the topics we've covered this year. By far, teacher salaries are the most popular...
Snow Days
The shades fly up A sheet of white snow covers the ground "No school" they cry A...
Edu Election Results
Reading through election results today, a few caught our eye. We put together a short summary, but if there are...
Do we have a deal?
Washington is ready for a deal today (fingers crossed), and, as it turns out, so is Philadelphia.
Incentivizing early retirement or effectiveness?
An eyebrow-raising study on the impact of early retirement incentives on student achievement was released this week.
De-hooping the licensing process
Last week, Tennessee joined Rhode Island, Louisiana and Delaware in requiring teachers to show evidence of effectiveness to advance from...
Gotham gives feedback to teacher prep programs
The New York City Department of Education hires over 5,000 teachers each year and starting today the colleges and universities...
High-stakes weekend ahead for Philadelphia schools
There's at lot at stake this weekend in Philadelphia. If not recalled, layoffs of 3,800 employees of the School District...
Will the Tennessee Achievement District tempt teachers?
What does an achievement school district mean for teachers?
A Play-by-Play of the Detroit School District Tug-of-War
We've been watching on the sidelines as power players in Detroit tussle over the city's school system.
Doing more with more teacher prep in California
More time for preparation could be good; let's hope they make it count.
Update on the evaluation gorges
Six districts in New York, including the Big Apple, have fallen into the evaluation gorge
From Fiscal Cliffs to Evaluation Gorges
Nine of the 700 or so districts in New York State, including New York City, are taking it down to...
Bringing in the new year with kale, yogurt and edu-premonitions
After living through the scheduled Mayan apocalypse and that pesky fall off the fiscal cliff, we are optimistic about the...
Here's the deal on the deal (updated)
We've thought a lot about the strike in Chicago over the last nine days. Today we took some time...