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How Do We Keep The 'Irreplaceable' Teachers From Leaving?

Posted 11.08.2012 | Home
Read More: Teacher Retention, Video, Dc Schools, Dcps, Washington DC Public Schools, Dc-Teachers-Pay, Dc Teachers, Washington Dc Schools, DC Public Schools, Teacher Pay, New Teacher Retention, Dcps Teachers, Performance-Based-Payment, The New Teacher Project, Dc Teachers Pay, Home News

In a follow-up to its report on teacher retention titled The Irreplaceables, The New Teacher Project examined retention patterns in the District of Co...

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Joy Resmovits

Where Do The 'Irreplaceable' Teachers Go?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Teacher Firing, Education News, Michelle Rhee, Teacher Retention, Tntp, Arne Duncan, Washington D.C. Schools, Irreplaceable Teachers Retention, Teachers Unions, Standardized Tests, The New Teacher Project, Education, Irreplaceable Teachers, Standardized Testing, The Irreplaceables, Kaya Henderson, Education Reform, Gates Foundation, Home News

The high rate of teachers cycling in and out of schools is detrimental to the education profession and worse for students, decades of policy and resea...

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Joy Resmovits

To Fire A Cheating Teacher

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 09.18.2011 | Home
Read More: Education News, Testing, Education, American Federation of Teachers, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Nathan Deal, Arbitrary and Capricious, Teachers Unions, Standardized Tests, Atlanta Teacher Cheating, Due Process, The New Teacher Project, Teacher Cheating, Tim Daly, Home News

Atlanta educators charged with cheating on students' standardized tests received a letter from Erroll Davis, Atlanta's interim superintendent last wee...

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The New York Times Needs To Do Its Homework On Teacher Evaluations

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Teacher Layoffs, Michelle Rhee, Teacher Evaluations, Chris Christie, Teacher Data Reports, The Widget Effect, Michael Winerip, Michael Bloomberg, Value-Added Models, Standardized Tests, New York Times, The New Teacher Project, Education Reform, Home News
Justin Snider

An editorial in The New York Times, titled "Fairness in Firing Teachers," has me wondering whether the Times editors understand much about how teachers are evaluated.

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New York City Teachers, Don't Bank On Privacy

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Cynthia Kerns, Randi Weingarten, Michael Bloomberg, Pasi Sahlberg, Andrew Rotherham, Eduwonk, The New Teacher Project, Teacher Evaluations, Joel Klein, Value-Added, Education, Home News
Justin Snider

A ruling is expected in New York City as early as this week. But regardless, it's safe to say that the current teacher-evaluation system is broken -- and that value-added analysis is here to stay.

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