Joanne Jacobs
Is there a good-teacher gap? Maybe not
Measuring teacher quality is tricky, and that makes it hard to tell if there's a good-teacher gap, writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli in...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 82 min read
Top marks for low expectations: 'Rate your teacher' surveys could backfire
Asking students to rate their teachers is a dubious way to evaluate teachers' competence, writes Vladimir Kogan, a Ohio State political...
Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20232 min read
It's easier to become a teacher, but ...
States are dropping licensing tests to qualify more teachers, write Hannah Putnam and Heather Peske of the National Council on Teacher...
Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20231 min read
Merit pay for teachers can work
Linking teacher pay to performance -- not just to seniority and post-college credits -- was the center of education reform in the 2010s,...
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