Teachers Turn to Crowdfunding to Open Preschools

Time - Staff Writer "Teachers and parents in Chicago are [...]

July 20th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Preschool, Teacher, Teacher Retention, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Does Teacher Attrition Compare to Other Professions?

Education Next - Leslie Kan "The Consortium for Policy Research [...]

July 14th, 2014|Categories: Accountability, Current Events, Education, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Salary, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New Obama Initiative Stresses Equal Access To Good Teachers

The Huffington Post - Joy Resmovits "The Obama administration will [...]

July 7th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Obama, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teacher advocate’s prescription for quality — will to change

The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel - Alan J. Borsuk "A [...]

June 29th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Milwaukee, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.), Wisconsin|Tags: Education, schools|

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Report: US Teachers Love Their Jobs But Don’t Feel Valued

The Huffington Post - Emily Richmond "America's public school teachers [...]

June 28th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Salary, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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More Easily Firing Bad Teachers Helps Everyone

Education Next - Eric A. Hanushek "Teacher tenure discussions often [...]

June 12th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Current Events, Education, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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California officials debate whether to defend teacher protections

Reuters - Sharon Bernstein "California officials were wrangling on Wednesday [...]

June 12th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Salary, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Schools’ next test is getting tenure ruling to pay off in class

The L.A. Times - Howard Blume "When the Los Angeles [...]

June 12th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Los Angeles, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Salary, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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What Happened to the Education Department’s Teacher-Equity Strategy?

Education Week - Alyson Klein "Way back in November, the [...]

May 13th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Assistant, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Training, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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You think you know what teachers do. Right? Wrong.

The Washington Post - Valerie Strauss "You went to school [...]

February 23rd, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Retention, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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