When We Criminalize Students, It’s African-American Kids Who Suffer the Consequences
Zero-tolerance policies were intended to curb the war on drugs in the 1980s. More than 30 years later,…
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Using Evaluation to Help Teachers Learn
It’s past time for us to realize that our current method of evaluating teachers deserves a failing grade.…
To Improve Teaching, Look to Professional Tennis
We reward athletes who constantly look to improve. Why don’t we do the same for our educators? By…
Good Teachers Are Critical, but They Aren’t Enough
That’s what former teacher turned policy writer Laura Bornfreund learned while standing in front of her first fourth-grade…
Donald Trump Is Clearly Anti-Common Core, but Is He Also Anti-Teacher?
Based on his lack of support for standards, the answer is probably yes.
What Is the Future of Teacher Diversity in U.S. Schools?
Classrooms are increasingly diverse—but in terms of the student body, not the teaching workforce. Kaylan Connally and Melissa Tooley examine why we must mind the minority gap.
The Grad School Workout
Simple exercises to achieve physical perfection—or at least mental wellness—in a sedentary profession.
Beyond Bossy or Brilliant: Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching
We’ve long known that student evaluations of teaching are biased, but what are students really saying when they evaluate their professors in gendered ways?
Survey: The State of Adjunct Professors
In our new survey, 62 percent of adjuncts say they make less than $20,000 a year from teaching, and 88 percent say working with students is their favorite part.