Springtime in education research
One amazing thing about education research is just how much of it there is. It’s like grass in spring, sprouting in such abundance it suddenly seems to be everywhere. Read More...
Improving teaching: the real value of value-added
Most teachers would agree with the research showing they are a key factor — probably the key school-based factor — in student achievement growth. Read More...
‘Gotcha’ gets data
The surprise revelation over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend that the Department of Education is looking at ways to evaluate teachers based on student test scores seemed of a piece with the DOE’s earlier efforts to “improve teacher quality.” When the department last went public on this front, it was to announce that it had hired a stable full of high-priced lawyers to help principals get rid of “bad” teachers. Read More...
