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Commentary
10.23.2017
Teachers & School Leaders

Transforming Educator Preparation: Lessons Learned from Leading States

Jessica Poiner

To give some added oomph to excellent teacher preparation, the Council of Chief State School Officers launched the Network for Transforming Educator Preparation (NTEP) in 2013. Its purpose is to identify states with track records of innovative teacher preparation and support them in their efforts to implement aggressive and lasting improvements.

Report
9.20.2017
Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools, Teachers & School Leaders

Teacher Absenteeism in Charter and Traditional Public Schools

David Griffith

Research confirms what common sense dictates: Students learn less when their teachers aren’t there. According to multiple studies, a ten-day increase in teacher absence results in at least ten fewer days of learning for students.

Podcast
9.13.2017
Teachers & School Leaders

Is New York City vacuously filling teacher vacancies?

On this week's podcast, special guest Constance A. Lindsay, a research associate at the Urban Institute, joins Mike Petrilli and Brandon Wright to discuss New York City’s controversial new plan to use its Absent Teacher Reserve Pool to fill its teacher vacancies. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines an imperfect study of classrooms’ use of technology.

Podcast
7.12.2017
Teachers & School Leaders

Where teacher evaluation reform was a home run

On this week's podcast, special guest Thomas Toch, director of FutureEd at Georgetown University, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss teacher reform in Washington, D.C. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how well principals’ evaluations differentiate teacher performance.

Podcast
6.28.2017
Teachers & School Leaders

The student engagement edition

On this week's podcast, special guest Joshua Starr, CEO of Phi Delta Kappa International, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss Fordham's new report What Teens Want From Their Schools: A National Survey of High School Engagement. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines early results from Joseph Waddington's and Mark Berends's ongoing study of the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program.

Undefined
3.29.2017
Teachers & School Leaders

Amplifying educators' voices

On this week's podcast, special guest Eric Eagon, a senior director at the PIE Network, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss why policymakers ought to pay more attention to teachers and administrators. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the peer effects of computer-assisted learning.

Report
1.26.2017
School Finance, Teachers & School Leaders

(No) Money in the Bank: Which Retirement Systems Penalize New Teachers?

A new teacher’s pension is supposed to be a perk. The truth is that for the majority of the nation’s new teachers, what they can anticipate in retirement benefits will be worth less than what they contributed to the system while they were in the classroom, even if they stay for decades.