Teaching

Conservatives argue that markets will solve social problems more efficiently and effectively than the public sector while liberals insist that markets leav

I am a strong advocate for using student test scores to assess teacher quality and the most effective means to accomplish this are value added measures (VA

I recently had dinner with two teachers who told me that in their combined 38 years of teaching they have had exactly three meaningful feedback sessions wi

A couple of months ago, the mayor of New York City snuck out a press release about his failure to rid the city of some its poorest performing teachers. Wha

This is Teacher Appreciation Week, and we’re a little late to the party in recognizing and appreciating Dr. Valerie Camille Jones, who was feted at the Whi

Ich weiß es nicht? ¿No sé? Я не знаю? 我不知道 Teachers have heard the phrase “I don’t know?” in almost every language. Still, they take on a different meaning

My recent visit to the Network for Public Education’s annual conference in North Carolina has yielded much fruit. In addition to an extended blog conversat

The bustling Southern city of Charlotte, North Carolina, is once again grappling with segregated schools, a problem we had all but conquered nearly 40 year

Teach For America’s biggest contribution to the broader fight for educational equity and excellence is bringing thousands of remarkable young leaders into