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NCTQ Announces Winners of 2019 Great Districts for Great Teachers Initiative in Pennsylvania
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), a national leader on teacher issues, has named Council Rock School District a winner in its Great Districts for Great Teachers initiative. Coatesville Area School District and the...
Lack of Public Reporting on Differences in Teacher Preparation Quality Fails to Safeguard Public Interest
A new Databurst from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), Maintaining strong elementary content requirements for prospective teachers, documents the fact that 49 states do not publish the elementary content state licensing test data...
First-Ever Guidebook for Aspiring Teachers Now Available, Urging Future Teachers to Take the Driver's Seat on their Own Preparation
On the heels of the National Council on Teacher Quality's groundbreaking report revealing that more than half of elementary teacher candidates are unable to pass licensing exams for lack of appropriate preparation, the education policy...
Elementary Teachers Not Getting the Preparation Needed for Classroom; Extraordinarily High Numbers Fail Professional Licensing Tests
New analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) reveals both astonishingly high numbers of elementary teacher candidates failing their professional licensing tests each year, as well as widespread evidence that teacher preparation programs give scant attention to...
NCTQ Data and Analysis Provides National Context for Key Contract Issues as Teacher Strike Looms in Los Angeles
On January 10th, teachers of the nation's second largest school district will be going on strike for the first time in three decades. Comparative data from the National Council on Teacher Quality provides insight and...
Most State Laws Silent on Dismissing Teachers Who Simply Cannot Teach
New analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that a majority of states fail to specify teacher ineffectiveness as an explicit reason to dismiss a teacher. In Walking the Tightrope: Teacher Effectiveness...
Strong Teacher Evaluation Systems Go Hand-in-Hand with Improved Teacher Quality
Analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds tangible evidence that teacher evaluation systems, when implemented well, are coinciding with real and measurable benefits for students and teachers alike.
Education Advocacy Groups Urge New Jersey Supreme Court to Uphold Students’ Constitutional Rights
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) and TNTP submitted an amicus brief today in support of New Jersey students challenging the state's last-in-first-out (LIFO) laws. In the case, HG v. Harrington, the students argue...
Majority of States’ Efforts to Bolster New Teachers’ Preparation to Teach Reading are Vastly Insufficient
In an NCTQ databurst: Strengthening Reading Instruction through Better Preparation of Elementary and Special Education Teachers that reviews the current status of states' requirements governing teachers' reading knowledge, 40 states still either do not have...
Statement from Kate Walsh, President, National Council on Teacher Quality, on the decision in Janus vs. AFSCME
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.
Statement from Kate Walsh, President, National Council on Teacher Quality, on the PROSPER Act
In eliminating Title II, the PROSPER Act applies a sledgehammer to a situation that more appropriately calls for a scalpel.
Strategic Teacher Compensation Databurst Press Release
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...
NCTQ Releases 2018 Teacher Prep Review
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...