teacher evaluation

Hillsborough County (Fla.) Public Schools embarks on its second year of collecting data for grant project from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

In just one year, there have been more education reforms proposed and enacted than in the preceding decade.

A new study reveals that teacher effectiveness is not only unrelated to the college the teacher attended, but also that teacher effectiveness peaks after 10 years.

Overhauling teacher evaluation systems has the potential to undo some of the good work of past reforms.

Over the last 15 years, Florida has become a battleground for school reform. The second of a three-state series.

Pittsburgh Public Schools was the focus this year of a competition at UC Berkeley in addition to winning a $40 million grant from the Gates Foundation for their Empowering Effective Teachers initiative.

Terry Grier, the new superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, moves quickly to improve teacher quality and student performance.

At last, teachers' unions are beginning to support bold school reform.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has brought renewed interest to this topic.

The right selection process can uncover the true gems.