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Teacher leave policies: How much paid time off do teachers get?

When a teacher needs to take time off, what paid leave is available to them?

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What’s in a school? Would a teacher in any other setting be as effective?

The answer (perhaps less satisfying than policy wonks would like) is that It depends on the school context.

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What increasing seat belt use can teach us about strengthening math instruction

What if states applied the "seat belt" policy approach to solving our current mathematics education crisis?

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Seven strategies school districts are using to increase teacher diversity

Several school district leaders shared how they've accomplished recent gains in building a more diverse teacher workforce.

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An equity decision: Which teachers choose to teach which students?

New research looks into how teachers select or are selected into positions based on their preferences and those of the...

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New from Illinois: Whether and where teacher shortages exist, and how states can tell

New research from Illinois reiterates that the nature of the teacher shortage problem is one of inequity.

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Teacher prep matters; let’s start acting like it

Policymakers are overlooking teacher prep as a critical force in promoting teacher quality and better outcomes for students.

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Teacher layoffs may be coming. How do districts decide who to let go?

An analysis of layoff policies in 148 of the largest U.S. school districts explores how they may impact the teacher...

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What do NASA scientists, historians, and strong readers have in common? Content knowledge

I was recently reading a NASA article with my 12-year-old child about the dynamics of flight and was struck by...

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Teachers and students win from video-based professional coaching

Providing teachers with feedback—through a medium that allows them to explicitly see how they responded to various scenarios—could help teachers...

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How Black teachers make a difference

New research digs deeper into the well-documented positive impact that Black teachers have on students' academic and life outcomes.

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Planning time may help mitigate teacher burnout—but how much planning time do teachers get?

A look at how the nation's largest districts address planning and collaboration time for elementary and secondary teachers

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Forging a path to a better place: A look back at the most widely read Teacher Quality Bulletin posts of 2022

The most-read Teacher Quality Bulletin posts of 2022 reflect the questions, overturned assumptions, and trade-offs that face education leaders.

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A look back on how school districts are preparing for the years ahead

The most popular District Trendline posts of 2022, with topics ranging from pay increases for substitutes to building a positive...

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Teaching reading is brain science

What many still don't recognize is that teachers' reading instruction changes the wiring in children's brains.