Lisa Cohen: 310-395-2544
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Nicole Gerber: 202-393-0020 x117
ngerber@nctq.org
Today's decision to end unions' ability to collect "agency fees" from nonconsenting employees puts the onus squarely on teachers union leaders to demonstrate relevance and value to today's teachers.
In eliminating Title II, the PROSPER Act applies a sledgehammer to a situation that more appropriately calls for a scalpel.
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its Strategic Teacher Compensation Databurst, a study of states' strategic teacher compensation policies. This resource includes a snapshot of all 50 states' and the District of Columbia's...
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) releases the 2018 Teacher Prep Review rating 567 traditional graduate programs, 129 alternative route programs, and 18 residencies preparing both elementary and secondary teachers. The review includes recommendations...
The Teacher Shortages and Surpluses Databurst is an analysis of states' work to track teacher shortages and surpluses, and to implement the policy solutions to address these challenges. This resource includes an overview of promising...
Today, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its biannual 2017 State Teacher Policy Yearbook (Yearbook), which finds that the rapid progress made by states over the last decade to modernize their teacher policies has largely...
Today, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) completed its analyses of what all 50 states intend to do to provide a more equitable education to all students in the state, as they were required...
In 80 percent of the largest school districts, a teacher with an MA and five years' experience cannot comfortably afford housing payments.
The buzz around a "national" teacher shortage has gained a lot of steam, despite some pretty compelling national data suggesting otherwise. Here NCTQ provides some information pertaining to teacher hiring and retention that may prove...
While building both a diverse and selective teacher workforce has been a priority for our education system for many years, educators have often looked at diversity and selectivity as competing priorities. In our review of...
As a growing number of states across the nation look for ways to recognize and reward excellent teachers, a new study from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) reveals at least one large pocket...
There has been lots of discussion recently about a new national teacher shortage, much of it driven by local media coverage reporting on the challenges faced by some school districts. These local stories not only...
The New York City Education Department recently announced plans to reduce the pool of paid teachers who do not have a classroom position by now assigning these teachers to vacancies without giving either the teacher...
Today, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its analyses of educator equity in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) state plans of 16 states and the District of Columbia. These analyses highlight the...
NCTQ has reviewed all 17 currently released state plans to implement ESSA. On June 8th, NCTQ will release analyses of each state plan's work to meet ESSA's educator equity requirements. NCTQ will also release an ESSA Educator...
