If professional development (PD) is a critical element to every edtech implementation, why is it so often poorly attended? Our experience is that a teacher-centric approach to developing a PD plan for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rather than have students memorize definitions and facts about a science topic such as light, an effective first grade teacher ...

A study of teacher evaluation in five charter schools from Morgaen L. Donaldson with Heather G. Peske. Teacher evaluation and charter schools feature prominently in President Barack Obama’s proposals ...

Tennessee’s overhaul of teacher evaluation in 2011 led to sharp backlash and higher teacher turnover in the immediate aftermath, but a new study in the American Educational Research Journal finds that ...

CAP President and CEO John Podesta testifies to the House Education and Labor Committee on how to improve education by boosting teacher quality. Chairman Miller and members of the Committee, thank you ...

“allocating the best teachers to the most challenging parts of a country; and providing teachers with the right mix of government incentives to remain in the profession and ensure all children are ...

While I agree with op-ed writer Jerald McNair (“How did teaching become an unattractive occupation?” Aug. 21) that relationship building, parental support and respect for the profession are important ...

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