Better reading starts with better teacher preparation
Reading is the gateway to educational achievement and lifelong success, especially for students who face seemingly insurmountable social and economic...
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Is it too early to pop the bubbly?
While the success we see in adoption of reading science among teacher prep programs really is cause for celebration, I...
Persuading great teachers to take on student teachers
Remember when we learned just how powerful a good cooperating teacher can be for a teacher-in-training?
Lessons from across the pond
Although Brexit and Megxit may be dominating headlines, politics and the royal family aren't the only issues worth reading up...
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How evaluation ratings impact teacher pay
Over the last decade, pay reform and teacher evaluations were put forward hand in hand. As teacher evaluations became more...
Two easy steps to a better principal
Looking for a good principal? Start your search with good teachers.
Video-based observations and teacher evaluations
Just as football and basketball teams spend hours reviewing game tape, teachers have much to gain from self-observation.
Evaluators require expertise
If there's one thing we know about teacher evaluations, it's that they're only as effective as the people doing the...
Getting at the root of the school to prison pipeline
Is the reason Americans tolerate unnecessarily high rates of kids who never learn how to read yet another manifestation of...
Ensuring strong and stable substitute teacher pools
What do substitute teacher pools look like across the largest school districts in the country and how can districts use...
Shocker! New evidence that teachers are more effective when they know their subject
Perhaps this headline seems self-evident, but the backlash against licensure tests suggests otherwise.
The very real damage to student learning from pink slips
Here's a legitimately scary topic never far from teachers' minds when the economy takes a downturn: the threat of being...
The missing link
While all student teaching experiences are not created equal, understanding and measuring how they are different turns out to be a challenge.
If they could do it, so can we
I look back to my sisters of a century or more ago, who fought a lot harder for a lot...
Teacher evaluation that’s meaningful
In this month's District Trendline, we examine some key characteristics of teacher evaluation systems in the nation's largest school districts,...
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