teacher quality

Education

School Discipline Is in Crisis. Trump Isn’t Helping

by Samantha Powers April 8, 2026April 6, 2026

With good teachers, innovative approaches to behavioral issues in K-12 schools can improve student outcomes. Trump-era policies threaten those teachers and reforms.

Education, K-12

Does Every Teacher Need a Coach?

by Jill Barshay March 8, 2018January 9, 2022

Education, K-12

New Paper on the Need for Specialized Teacher Licenses in the Early Grades

by Laura Bornfreund June 28, 2017January 9, 2022

Education, K-12

The edTPA: What We Do and Don’t Know

by Anna Duncan and Kaylan Connally June 28, 2016January 9, 2022

The Grade

Slate Takes On Race and Education

by Alexander Russo June 8, 2016January 9, 2022

Education, K-12

The Half-Finished Revolution on Teacher Quality

by washmonthly May 2, 2016January 9, 2022

Books, Education, July/August 2013, K-12, Magazine

A for Effort

by Thomas Toch and Taylor White July 3, 2013January 9, 2022

Magazine, May 1979

Saving Our Schools From the Teachers’ Unions

by Joe Nocera May 1, 1979January 9, 2022

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