Last week, my children joined the nation’s 50 million students in the annual back-to-school ritual: feeling those butterflies of excitement at seeing school friends after summer vacation, choosing a ...

Data shows some public charter schools, where the teacher workforce is smaller, often have lower effectiveness ratings, with ...

“Value added” gauges based on growth in student test scores and students’ perceptions of their teachers both hold promise as components of a system for identifying and promoting teacher effectiveness, ...

The ruling in Vergara v. California sparks strong reactions on both sides of the issue, but all can agree that great teaching matters. But much of the debate about the verdict misses the point. The ...

I’ve heard a lot of people question the wisdom of teacher transfers based on the reasoning that a teacher who’s effective in one school setting might not be as effective in another, due to differences ...

Teacher effectiveness is widely recognised as a critical determinant of student achievement, influencing both short‐term academic performance and long‐term socioeconomic outcomes. Extensive research ...

Days before the school year started, state education officials forced Duval County Schools to remove 35 teachers from eight high-need schools. Those teachers’ so-called “VAM” scores were too low, the ...

Course learning outcomes define the knowledge and/or skills that students should develop while completing a course. Measuring student achievement of these outcomes can provide one source of data for ...

China’s Free Teacher Education (FTE) scholarship program, launched in 2007, aims to attract top students into teaching and address teacher shortages in underdeveloped regions. A new study finds that ...

The influence of having a black teacher can make a monumental difference in a black student's life, and the effect begins early in an education. Despite major reforms to evaluation systems designed to ...

The Effective Teaching Micro-credential develops foundational knowledge of adult learning principles, educational strategies for small and large learner groups, content delivery techniques, and ...