New DATA from 2016-17 School Year posted!

The below quote is sobering, considering this is the average student. The average student in many of the top-performing countries graduates two to three years ahead of the average high school graduate in the United States. The distance between what our high school graduates know and can do and what their high school graduates know…

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…

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…

Today is exciting, in that this  website has been refreshed and updated with the 2013-2014 data.  Florida is the only state in the country that has this quality of teacher level data publicly available. Take advantage of this data if you are a parent or looking to recruit teachers for charter schools- your school with…

In most places, reaching that magic number still means getting there the old-fashioned way — with a master’s degree and 10 or 20 years on the job. And in places like New York State, salaries are given a hefty boost simply because the cost of living is higher, too.So what’s new? A growing number of…

And, even the New York Times weighs in on the importance of teacher quality. Mike Johnston’s mother was a public-school teacher. So were her mother and father. And his godfather taught in both public and private schools. So when he expresses the concern that we’re not getting the best teachers into classrooms or weeding out…