Published Articles & Media
Are Teacher Turnover Rates Rising? Maybe Not
We may just be employing more teachers who fall into career stages with high turnover.
There’s A Huge Flaw in the ‘Teacher Shortage’ Data
Earlier this month the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) released a report with the worrying title, “A Coming Crisis in Teaching? Teacher Supply, Demand, and Shortages in the U.S.”
Hiring Teachers After the School Year Starts Harms Students
Somewhere between 10 and 30 percent of all new teachers are hired after the school year begins.
We Have to Improve the School Improvement Process
School is back in session in many places. And yet, state test results from last spring are still trickling out.
What Does it Mean to ‘Raise the Bar’ for Entry Into the Teaching Profession?
Policymakers have few useful tools to screen out “bad” teachers from the profession. The current screening tools are doing little more than unnecessarily limiting the supply of new teachers.
ESSA Didn’t Settle Federal Education Policy. Far From It.
Our next President will be forced to make a number of important education policy decisions almost immediately upon taking office.
Schooling Isn’t Learning, the Rewards to Better Schools Are Enormous, and Other Observations from Eric Hanushek
An interview about accountability, attainment, and more
Scott Walker’s Act 10 Caused an Uproar, But Things Are Mostly Back to Normal
In the midst of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s controversial 2011 budget bill, many warned that the state’s public employees, including teachers, would retire in droves.
Grade-Span Accountability Is A Bad Idea: Just Ask CAP and the AFT
Rather than having regular check-ups on student progress, with relatively low stakes on those results, we’d have much higher stakes attached to a smaller number of test scores.
Is Arne Duncan’s Teacher Evaluation Moratorium Unnecessary?
Despite state policy changes, many districts still don’t factor student growth into teacher evaluation ratings in a meaningful way.
