8th and 9th Grade Algebra Teacher Rankings

Study: Duval County Public Schools losing effective teachers. Informative study that was in the paper today, nothing really new, but makes key points based on the data in Duval.  Excerpt from the article: ■ Schools serving the most high-need students are disproportionately hampered by ineffective recruitment, selection and staffing. ■ A high percentage of low-performing…

Once again, more information that the quality of teachers matters, this study was based on Florida student and teacher data. Teachers hired during recession periods appeared to be somewhat more effective boosting students’ math scores than those teachers hired in more secure times, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of…

However, Gary Phillips, a vice president and institute fellow at the American Institutes for Research (and former acting commissioner of NCES), explained Wednesday in a media call about the release that the standards still varied greatly— by up to three or four grade levels. “The rigor of the grade 4 [proficiency] standards in the highest…

Teacher quality, as measured by the ability to move students from wherever they start to a higher level, hopefully proficiency and above, continues to be of upmost importance. This is even more true in Florida, now that we have a majority of students in the state, not attending the public school that they are zoned…

I have been meaning to write this post for a while. The Pasco school district recently contracted with TNTP, a national non-profit organization working to end educational inequality by ensuring that all students get excellent teachers, for a deep dive evaluation of its district. My hat is off to Kurt Browning for his willingness to…

“While Vergara highlighted the importance of teacher quality in the classroom by challenging harmful teacher employment laws, Doe v. Antioch was filed to enforce the current law on teacher evaluations, the Stull Act,” said Rivera. “This lawsuit does not try to replace or modify the law. The case enforces the Stull Act by challenging collectively…