The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) has announced a statewide campaign – Teach Today. Change Tomorrow. – to recruit millennials to become teachers in Tennessee. Tennessee needs high-quality teachers across the state, and Teach Today. Change Tomorrow. is committed to helping place a great teacher in front of every student. With more than…
Tennessee can advance student achievement with a fresh focus on better preparation of new teachers, the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) says in a report released Tuesday. The report, Prepared for Day One: Improving the Effectiveness of Early-Career Teaching, examines the state of educator preparation in Tennessee and recommends eight areas for improvement, including…
Dear Friends, As school starts again, I cannot help but think of Tennessee’s teachers. The teachers I know are busy creating engaging lesson plans, planning their own professional learning, and focusing intentionally on how best to help their students broaden and deepen their understanding so they are ready for the next week, the next grade,…
Improving teacher compensation is a critical lever for improving student achievement and rewarding the impact of high-quality teachers. Teacher incentive structures remain a contested issue within education policy debates. The ultimate question of whether pay-for-performance (PFP) systems lead to more effective teachers and higher student achievement also has not been definitively answered. A recent study…
Dear Friends, We all remember our greatest teachers – the ones who taught our favorite subject and, especially, those who helped us learn the subject we found to be most difficult. While there are many things that can be done to raise student achievement, great teaching is the most important. This is especially true for…