TAP is a school-reform model oriented around teacher development. Originally founded by Milken Family Foundation and now operated by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, the program ...

Over the last few years, the teacher-evaluation debate has revolved mainly around whether—or to what extent—value-added scores should be involved. Since most researchers and educators agree an ...

Researchers from Brown University, the University of Connecticut, the University of North Carolina and Michigan State recently released a very interesting study that examined the effects of teacher ...

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 ...

Academy Early Childhood Center's Jennifer Zavodny penned 'Piper the Pumpkin' to teach her students new reading skills ...

On March 27, 2020, Governor DeWine signed Am.Sub.H.B. 197 into law. This legislation makes it permissible for a board of education to elect to not finish teacher and administrator evaluations that ...

Area school administrators will gather on the SUNY Cortland campus on Wednesday, Aug. 14, to discuss a form of teacher evaluation that is fast gaining momentum as an effective way to help educators ...

How would you like your child’s teacher to be evaluated? By the number of correct “bubbles” filled in on a standardized test? Or by creative lesson plans that develop critical thinking skills under ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Houston ISD board managers approved a new, locally designed teacher evaluation system that will be used, in part, to determine teacher salaries. Board managers approved the new ...

I read the editorial from Aug. 24 on teacher evaluations, and there are some points that need clarification. I have been a public school teacher for 22 years and this new evaluation system is not ...

Colorado’s largest teachers union is challenging a 2010 law that includes a new procedure for teacher firings. The Colorado Education Association (CEA) has sued, saying the law is flawed because it ...