Confronting our biases in student discipline cases
Racial disparities have long been observed in school discipline records. Stanford University researchers Jason Okonofua and Jennifer Eberhardt shed new light on...
Disconnected? Comparing principals’ values with value-added measures
As states work to implement new evaluation systems, the tenuous, if not ambiguous, relationship between value-added (VA) scores and principals' observations will...
The dreaded B: good enough for a man but...
Another case of the perfect being the enemy of the good
Reading instruction resources for all!
Reading instruction's no easy task. Check out a few helpful resources.
Battle Royale: CCSS resolve and old habits
The good intentions behind teaching to the Common Core confront the reality of ingrained habits.
Teacher Prep: Be all you can be?
So what does it take to attract the best of the best into the teaching profession?
The giant among midgets phenomenon
One takeaway for teacher prep accountability continues to emerge: outcomes data from a field that is structurally weak is insufficient.
Teacher prep resources: Many thanks to IHEs who shared!
We wanted to thank the many teacher prep programs who graciously provided resources for the Teacher Prep Review website.
Steadily beating the drum for practice...practice...practice...
We're great fans of Doug Lemov, author and staunch advocate for the transformative power of professional development (PD) that incorporates...
Where two of the helping professions could use a little help themselves
There was an eerily resonant blog posting in the New York Times last week.
Menifee USD: Where innovation meets professional development
Last Thursday, we highlighted the Menifee Union School District in California for their innovative approach to professional development. Instead of...
The transparency imperative
The digital natives think more than just their Facebook profiles should be public
Teacher quality and teacher pay: The hole in the bucket problem?
A Finnish counterexample
How to learn
Does Parade magazine provide better information than your average teacher prep program?