As school systems devote tremendous resources to examining the effectiveness of individual teachers, how can we encourage schools to make room for collaborative practices? This paper begins to conceptualize one avenue for reconciling these ideas: Rigurously measuring team teaching and making room for the assessment of team work in schools' evaluation processes.
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Competing Strands Of Educational Reform Policy: Can Collaborative School Reform and Teacher Evaluation Reform Be Reconciled?
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The Social Side Of Education Reform: A Research Primer
Written on April 5, 2016READ MOREThis publication pulls together six important research essays from the social side of eduction blog series. Collectively, these essays make a compelling case that increasing the instructional capacity of schools requires looking beyond individual teacher effectiveness.
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Does Money Matter in Education? Second Edition
Written on January 20, 2016READ MOREA comprehensive review of the empirical evidence on whether and how money matters in education, written by Rutgers Professor Bruce Baker. This is the second edition of this report.
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The State of Teacher Diversity Executive Summary
Written on September 16, 2015READ MOREThe State of Teacher Diversity Executive Summary
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The Evidence on the "Florida Formula" for Education Reform
Written on June 22, 2015READ MOREA review of the high quality evidence on the "Florida Formula for education success," a package of policies put in place during the late 1990s and 2000s, which focus generally on test-based accountability, competition, and choice.
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Literacy Ladders
Written on February 1, 2015READ MOREThis curated collection of essays for early childhood educators and others examines the research on increasing young children's language, knowledge, and reading comprehension.
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Democracy's Champion
Written on December 4, 2013READ MOREThis report chronicles Al Shanker’s contributions in the international arena. It documents Shanker's many international endeavors to support democracy and workers’ rights and records the living memories of those who worked with him.
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Spending by Major Charter Management Organizations in Three States
Written on November 12, 2012READ MOREA detailed analysis of spending by the major Charter Management Organizations in three states.
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The Evidence on Charter Schools and Test Scores
Written on December 11, 2011READ MORECharter schools are among the most controversial issues in education today, with much of the debate focused on whether they produce better testing results than comparable regular public schools.
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American Labor in U.S. History Textbooks
Written on July 2, 2010READ MOREThe study conducted by the Institute in cooperation with the American Labor Studies Center (ALSC) makes the argument that labor history is central to an accurate depiction of U.S. history and argues that a fuller, more balanced depiction of U.S.
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