A study of teacher evaluation in five charter schools from Morgaen L. Donaldson with Heather G. Peske. Teacher evaluation and charter schools feature prominently in President Barack Obama’s proposals ...

Pick any high-priority instructional initiative in your district. Can you think of at least one teacher who is excelling in that priority area? Maybe it’s an early-elementary teacher facilitating ...

The National Council on Teacher Quality, a research and policy group that advocates for more-rigorous teacher preparation, has named Heather Peske as its new president. Peske will take over the helm ...

CAP President and CEO John Podesta testifies to the House Education and Labor Committee on how to improve education by boosting teacher quality. Chairman Miller and members of the Committee, thank you ...

Charles Dickens created the characters Thomas Gradgrind and Mr. M’Choakumchild in his novel Hard Times to satirize schoolteachers who taught “nothing but facts” and regarded students as “little ...

Raising teacher pay remains a hot-ticket item—and for good reason. Many communities are still facing teacher shortages, and even after some recent pay increases, teachers continue to earn less than ...

Once teachers have completed their teacher preparation program and gotten a teaching position, they are often surprised to find that they aren’t actually finished with their credential. Teachers in ...

Meenakshi Sharma does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Parents and teachers work together to support a student's growth and education. (Green Shoot Media photo) With a child’s future hanging in the balance, the people in their life need to be able to ...