Strengthening High School Teaching and Learning in New Hampshire’s Competency-Based System Report/Fact Sheet
January 22, 2013For a century, most students have advanced from grade to grade based on the number of days they spend in class, but in New Hampshire, schools have moved away from “seat time” and toward “competency-based learning".
The Linked Learning Approach: Building the Capacity of Teachers to Prepare Students for College and Careers Report/Fact Sheet
August 13, 2010This report highlights efforts in California to redesign the traditional training options available to high school teachers in an effort to align teacher education with high school reform efforts.
Teaching for a New World: Preparing High School Educators to Deliver College- and Career-Ready Instruction Report/Fact Sheet
November 03, 2009It is well established that teacher quality is one of the most significant school influences on student achievement.
African-American Students and U.S. High Schools (Updated) Report/Fact Sheet
September 24, 2008By 2050, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that about 50 percent of the U.S. population will be African- American, Hispanic, or Asian.
Waiting to Be Won Over: Teachers Speak on the Profession, Unions, and Reform Report/Fact Sheet
May 21, 2008This report from Education Sector surveyed 1,010 public school teachers of grades K–12 about challenges in their profession; their feelings on specific reforms aimed at improving teacher quality, such as differential pay proposals; and their general thoughts on teachers’ unions and the role unions can play in the improvement of teacher quality.
Teacher Quality Fact Sheet Report/Fact Sheet
February 01, 2006Teachers make the greatest impact on students—what they learn, how they learn it, and what they do with it.
Teacher Attrition: A Costly Loss to the Nation, and to the States Report/Fact Sheet
August 01, 2005There is growing consensus among researchers and educators that the single most important factor in determining a student's performance is the quality of his or her teacher.