Implications for Policy Are Not So Clear
Commentary on “Great Teaching:Measuring its effects on students’ future earnings” By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff have carried out a remarkable study, but I suspect it will be misinterpreted. The main contribution of their research is quantifying the importance of teaching. Specifically, the authors [...]
Profound Implications for State Policy
If we are truly serious about improving student learning, we must think anew about teacher recruitment, placement, evaluation, professional development, retention, and separation.
More Evidence Would Be Welcome
Commentary on “Great Teaching:Measuring its effects on students’ future earnings” By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff The new study by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff asks whether high-value-added teachers (i.e., teachers who raise student test scores) also have positive longer-term impacts on students, as reflected in college attendance, earnings, [...]
Low-Performing Teachers Have High Costs
Chetty et al.’s evidence shows that bad teachers cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost income and productivity each year that they remain in the classroom. These costs are large enough that failing to address them is simply inexcusable.
Great Teaching
Measuring its effects on students' future earnings
Measuring its effects on students’ future earnings
What We’re Watching: Teacher Test Scores Go Public
Eric Hanushek talks with the Wall Street Journal about why teachers’ value-added scores should be made public.
Did the Chetty Teacher Effectiveness Study Use Data that are No Longer Relevant?
In a two steps forward, one step back dance worthy of Vladimir Lenin himself, the New York Times properly gave front-page coverage to the breathtaking new teacher effectiveness study by Raj Chetty and his colleagues, but then allowed Michael Winerip space to give teacher unions a denial opportunity.
What We’re Watching: A Day in the Life of the National Online Teacher of the Year
Kristin Kipp teaches 11th and 12th grade English virtually from her home in Colorado.
Making Sense of the Whole “Are Teachers Overpaid?” Thing
I’m much more interested in the broader issue of how we can rethink the profession, make fuller use of talented teachers, and wisely spend the dollars we do have than in debating what the “right” wage level should be.
Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate, Digital Learning and Excellent Teachers Go Well Together
Rather than seeing a painful (and politically volatile) trade-off between technology and teachers, we propose that digital education needs excellent teachers and that a first-rate teaching profession needs digital education.
Studying Teacher Moves
A practitioner’s take on what is blocking the research teachers need
A practitioner’s take on what is blocking the research teachers need
Educators Answer Questions About the Flipped Classroom
I’ve received a number of questions and comments on my recent article, The Flipped Classroom. Most gratifying have been the rich exchanges in comment threads and on twitter, primarily from educators explaining their experiences, challenges, and discoveries from “flipping” their classrooms.
Reformers: We Must Be Much Bolder to Reach Every Child with Excellent Teachers
Here’s the problem: even if our nation fully implemented most of the recommended legislation in the next decade, we still would be far behind other nations that made bolder changes years ago. In contrast, of course, many conservatives want to leave education up to state legislators, on whose watch K-12 education has plateaued and declined.
The State of the Teaching Profession
The American Public School Teacher is a comprehensive report on the state of the teaching profession in the United States based on a 5-year study by the National Education Association.
Up With Teachers, Not So Much With Unions
The new Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup survey makes clear that most adults value their children’s teachers.
Fixing Teacher Pensions
Is it enough to adjust existing plans?
Is it enough to adjust existing plans?
What Ed Sector Gets Wrong
Hey Education Sector, how about a little less skepticism, and a little more love, for one of the gutsiest projects in education reform history?
Principled Principals
New evidence from Chicago shows they fire the least effective teachers
New evidence from Chicago shows they fire the least effective teachers
Managing the Teacher Workforce
The consequences of “last in, first out” personnel policies
The consequences of “last in, first out” personnel policies
Flawed Comparison from OECD
The OECD has a report, Education at a Glance 2010, that provides a shockingly flawed comparison of the amount of time U.S. teachers work relative to teachers in other countries.
Creating a Corps of Change Agents
What explains the success of Teach For America?
What explains the success of Teach For America?
Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness
Can classroom observations identify practices that raise achievement?
Can classroom observations identify practices that raise achievement?
