The first few years of a teacher’s career are extremely challenging. While new teachers have typically completed a substantial amount of coursework in education and had the chance to practice their craft as student teachers, nothing compares to the on-the-job training teachers receive once they have classrooms of their own. Teachers improve significantly early in …
According to Michigan’s latest teacher effectiveness ratings, nearly every teacher in the state is doing very well. Photo courtesy of Ludwig. It’s not just students who are impacted by grade inflation these days. Teacher evaluation ratings for the 2015-16 school year were recently released, and the results are either very impressive or very disconcerting depending …
A substantial amount of money is being spent on professional development with little evidence of its impact. Professional development has long been touted as a way to improve teaching. A substantial amount of time and money is invested into learning opportunities for teachers in an effort to strengthen their ability to effectively instruct students. A …