Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher effectiveness has more influence on student achievement than any other in-school factor. Since 2010, at least 35 states have revamped teacher evaluation policies to include student performance despite educators’ protests. The Hechinger Report has traveled the country to learn what the controversial changes mean for the classroom. See all our Special Reports
COLUMN: Two studies point to the power of teacher-student relationships to boost learning
Kids do better when teachers know them well
COLUMN: Does every teacher need a coach?
A new analysis of 60 studies on teacher coaching finds that benefits dissipate as coaching programs attempt to reach more teachers
COLUMN: Does using high-stakes tests to fire teachers improve student outcomes?
Study finds high teacher turnover is not always harmful to students
Opinion Tablets and other tech offer ways to track teacher performance beyond just standardized tests
Bass-Hoover Elementary School teacher Jessica DeMarco, standing left, assists some of her students in readying their tablets for a reading assignment in Stephens City, Va., on Tuesday, March…
New report reveals that teacher professional development is costly and ineffective
Panelists discuss a new report by The New Teacher Project, which found that professional development is largely ineffective. Photo: Jackie Mader WASHINGTON—Only 30 percent of…
COLUMN: Hey STEM professor, you’re a teacher too
Let’s move faculty out of the Ivory Tower and into schools
Evaluating teachers: Precise but irrelevant metrics?
I’ve told this joke before: Two hot-air balloonists get lost, and they’re floating aimlessly. They spot someone down below and call out, “Hello!” The person on the ground replies,…
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COLUMN: Study calculates low-income, minority students get the worst teachers in Washington State
Labor economist proposes higher teacher salaries for tougher schools
New York teachers hate the idea of outsiders evaluating them. Here’s what happened when D.C. tried it
This story was co-produced by The Teacher Project, an education reporting initiative at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism dedicated to covering teachers, and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news…
Researchers give failing marks to national effort to measure good teaching
School systems around the country are trying to use objective, quantifiable measures to identify which are the good teachers and which are the bad ones. One popular approach used…