NEPC Resources on Teacher Education, Quality, and Professional Development
Elizabeth Stringer Keefe (). NEPC Review: “So Hard, But So Rewarding:” How School System Leaders Are Scaling Up Strategic School Staffing Models (Center on Reinventing Public Education, March 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/staffing
(). The Potential of Teacher Residencies to Help Recruit and Retain Black Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-residencies-020824
P.L. Thomas (). NEPC Review: Teacher Prep Review: Strengthening Elementary Reading Instruction (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), June 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/teacher-prep
Emilie Mitescu Reagan (). NEPC Review: The Effects of High-Performing, High-Turnover Teachers on Long-Run Student Achievement: Evidence From Teach for America (Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, November 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/retention
(). Five Charts That Show How Partisan Strife Is Impacting Public Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-democracy-120622
(). How Charter Schools May Be Exacerbating the Teacher Shortage. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-shortage-110122
(). Preparing Tech-Savvy Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-tech-102722
(). Nine Ways to Hold Teacher Prep Programs Accountable for Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-prep-equity-092222
Ed Fuller (). NEPC Review: Addressing Teacher Shortages: Practical Ideas for the Pandemic and Beyond (TNTP, February 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/shortages
Conra D. Gist (). "Grow Your Own" Programs: Examining Potential and Pitfalls for a New Generation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Community Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/grow-your-own
(). Can I Really Trust That Evaluation of My Teacher Prep Program?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-prep-081921
(). Five Myths About Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-appreciation-050421
Elena Aydarova (). NEPC Review: Harnessing Micro-Credentials for Teacher Growth (New America, January 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/microcredentials
Jamy Stillman, Katherine Schultz (). NEPC Review: 2020 Teacher Prep Review: Clinical Practice and Classroom Management (National Council on Teacher Quality, October 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/teacher-prep
Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis (). NEPC Review: Language Counts: Supporting Early Math Development for Dual Language Learners (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/dual-language
Christopher Saldaña, Kevin K. Kumashiro (). Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Kevin Kumashiro About Education Deans for Justice and Equity Alliance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/saldana-kumashiro
Education Deans for Justice and Equity (). Seven Trends to Reform U.S. Teacher Education, and the Need to Address Systemic Injustices. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/seven-trends
(). Teacher Education and Deeper Learning. These Seven Schools are Doing it Right. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-deeper-learning-100319
(). Review Identifies Flaws in High-Profile “Gold Standard” Study Used to Market TFA. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-tfa-052319
Andrew Brantlinger , Matthew Griffin (). Reviews Worth Sharing: The Effectiveness of Secondary Math Teachers from Teach for America and the Teaching Fellows Programs (Institute of Education Sciences, September 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/tfa
Amanda Datnow (). NEPC Review: The Opportunity Myth (TNTP, September 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-opportunity-myth
(). What Do We Know About Teacher Quality?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-quality-072618
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Wen-Chia Chang, Molly Cummings Carney (). NEPC Review: 2018 Teacher Prep Review (National Council on Teacher Quality, April 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-prep-2018
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Wen-Chia Chang, Molly Cummings Carney (). NEPC Review: 2018 State Teacher Policy Best Practices Guide (National Council on Teacher Quality, March 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-quality
Gregory A. Smith, Michael K. Barbour, Bryan Mann (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Michael Barbour and Bryan Mann on Virtual Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-barbour-mann
Adam Winsler (). NEPC Review: It Takes a Community (Bellwether Education Partners, February 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-ece-prep
Beth Graue, Erica Ramberg (). NEPC Review: When Degree Programs for Pre-K Teachers Go Online: Challenges and Opportunities (New America Foundation, November 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-pre-k
Doris A. Santoro (). NEPC Review: Tackling Gaps in Access to Strong Teachers: What State Leaders Can Do (The Education Trust, October 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-retention
Gregory A. Smith, Kenneth M. Zeichner (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Ken Zeichner on Independent Teacher Prep Programs. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-zeichner
Education Deans for Justice and Equity (). Our Children Deserve Better: A Call to Resist Washington’s Dangerous Vision for U.S. Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/children-deserve-better
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Stephani Burton, Molly Cummings Carney, Juan Gabriel Sánchez, Andrew F. Miller (). NEPC Review: A New Agenda: Research to Build a Better Teacher Preparation Program (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-prep
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Megina Baker, Wen-Chia Chang, M. Beatriz Fernández, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe (). Review of Within Our Grasp: Achieving Higher Admissions Standards in Teacher Prep. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-admissions
Education Deans for Justice and Equity (). Declaration of Principles on Public Education, Democracy, and the Role of Federal Government. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/deans-declaration-of-principles
Kenneth M. Zeichner (). Independent Teacher Education Programs: Apocryphal Claims, Illusory Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-education
William J. Mathis (). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/research-based-options
P.L. Thomas, Christian Z. Goering (). NEPC Review: Learning about Learning: What Every New Teacher Needs to Know (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), January 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-education
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Rebecca Stern, Juan Gabriel Sánchez, Andrew F. Miller, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, M. Beatriz Fernández, Wen-Chia Chang, Molly Cummings Carney, Stephani Burton, Megina Baker (). Holding Teacher Preparation Accountable: A Review of Claims and Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-prep
Elizabeth J. Meyer (). NEPC Review: Smart, Skilled, and Striving: Transforming and Elevating the Teaching Profession (Center for American Progress, November 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-tprep
Heather C. Hill (). NEPC Review: The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development (TNTP, August 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-tntp-mirage
Kevin G. Welner (). Silver Linings Casebook: How Vergara’s Backers May Lose by Winning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/silver-linings-casebook
Kevin K. Kumashiro (). NEPC Review: Proposed 2015 Federal Teacher Preparation Regulations (U.S. Department of Education, December 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-proposed-teacher-preparation
William J. Mathis (). Review of Two Alternative Teacher Preparation Proposals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-fast-start-time-to-improve
Clive Belfield (). Review of A Legal Lever for Enhancing Productivity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-legal-lever
Julian Vasquez Heilig, Su Jin Jez (). Teach for America: A Return to the Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teach-for-america-return
Patricia H. Hinchey (). Review of An Opportunity Culture for All: Making Teaching a Highly Paid, High-Impact Profession. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-opportunity-culture
Christopher Lubienski, T. Jameson Brewer (). Review of Report Card on American Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-report-card-ALEC-2013
(). Leading Educators Call for a New Direction for Education Reform, Focused on the Opportunity Gap. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/leading-educators
Ed Fuller, Nathan Dadey (). Review of Evaluation of Teach for America in Texas Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-evaluation-tfa-texas
Ben Levin (). What Does It Take to Scale Up Innovations?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/scaling-up-innovations
Rich Milner (). Policy Reforms and De-professionalization of Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/policy-reforms-deprofessionalization
Jesse Rothstein, William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: Have We Identified Effective Teachers? (Gates Foundation, January 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-MET-final-2013
Kevin G. Welner (). Teacher Job Satisfaction Plummets — Survey. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-job-satisfaction-plummets
Dale Ballou (). NEPC Review: The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood (January 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-long-term-impacts
Barnett Berry, Jon Eckert (). Creando incentivos docentes para mejorar la excelencia y la equidad en la escuela. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./es/publication/creating-teacher-incentives-school-excellence-and-equity-spanish
Barnett Berry, Jon Eckert, Scott R. Bauries (). Creating Teacher Incentives for School Excellence and Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/creating-teacher-incentives
Margaret Terry Orr (). NEPC Review: Gateways to the Principalship: State Power to Improve the Quality of School Leaders (Center for American Progress, October 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-gateways-principalship
Susan M. Benner (). Quality in Student Teaching: Flawed Research Leads to Unsound Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-student-teaching
Matthew Di Carlo (). When the Legend Becomes Fact, Print the Fact Sheet. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/when-legend
Kevin G. Welner, Carol C. Burris (). Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Concerning Evaluation of Teachers and Principals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/letter-to-Arne-Duncan
Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems (April 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/passing-muster-fails-muster
Matthias Von Davier (). NEPC Review: "Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance" and "Merit Pay International" (February 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-pisa-performance-pay
Donald Gratz (). NEPC Review: District Awards for Teacher Excellence Program: Final Report (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-district-awards
Derek C. Briggs, Ben Domingue (). Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/due-diligence
Elizabeth Dutro (). Review of Waiting for Superman. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-waiting-superman
Jesse Rothstein (). NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-learning-about-teaching
Patricia H. Hinchey (). Getting Teacher Assessment Right: What Policymakers Can Learn From Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/getting-teacher-assessment-right
Rich Milner (). NEPC Review: Teacher Evaluation 2.0 (TNTP, October 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teach-eval-TNTP
Paul Shaker (). NEPC Review: Great Teachers and Great Leaders (May 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-great-teachers
Julian Vasquez Heilig, Su Jin Jez (). Teach For America: A Review of the Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teach-for-america
Richard Ingersoll, Lisa Merrill (). NEPC Review: Teacher Layoffs: Rethinking "Last Hired, First Fired" Policies (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teacher-layoffs
Bob Williams (). Reviews Worth Sharing: Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation (November 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/does-grading-bias-apply-education-reports
Raymond Pecheone, Ruth Chung Wei (). NEPC Review: The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Teacher Differences (TNTP, June 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-widget-effect
Jennifer Jennings, Sean P. Corcoran (). NEPC Review: An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification: Final Report (February 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-evaluation-of-teachers
Carol C. Burris (). NEPC Review: The Misplaced Math Student: Lost in Eighth-Grade Algebra (September 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-misplaced-math-student
Gene V Glass (). Alternative Certification of Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/alternative-certification-of-teachers
Lorna Jimerson, William J. Mathis (). A Guide to Contracting Out School Support Services: Good for the School? Good for the Community?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/a-guide-contracting-out-school-support
David Arsen, Clive Belfield, Marisa Cannata, Wendy C. Chi, Casey Cobb, Stephanie Evergreen, Gregg Garn, Christopher Lubienski, Julie F. Mead, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Gary Miron, Yongmei Ni, Stephanie Southworth, Jessica Urschel, Terri S. Wilson (). School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-choice-evidence-and-recommendations
Marisa Cannata (). Teacher Qualifications and Work Environments Across School Types. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-qualifications-and-work-environments-across-school-types
Vincent J.A. Badolato (). Teacher Data in Colorado: Considering Potential Opportunities and Risks of Recent Proposals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-data-colorado
Lawrence Mishel, Sean P. Corcoran (). NEPC Review: How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid? (Manhattan Institute, January 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-how-much-are-public-school-teachers-paid
Debbi C. Harris (). The Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Teacher Compensation Approaches. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-promises-and-pitfalls-alternative-teacher-compensation-approaches
Ash Vasudeva, Raymond Pecheone (). NEPC Review: Giving Students the Chaff: How to Find and Keep the Teachers We Need (September 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-giving-students-chaff-how-find-and-keep-teachers-we-need
Patricia H. Hinchey (). The Future of Teacher Education and Teaching: Another Piece of the Privatization Puzzle. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/future-teacher-education-and-teaching-another-piece-privatization-puzzle
David C. Berliner (). The Near Impossibility of Testing for Teacher Quality. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/near-impossibility-testing-teacher-quality
Janette K. Klingner (). The Science of Professional Development. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-science-professional-development
Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, Victoria-Maria MacDonald (). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reform-florida
(). Proceedings of the State Forum on Teacher Education in Arizona. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/proceedings-state-forum-teacher-education-arizona
(). Studies Say Students Learn More from Licensed Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/studies-say-students-learn-more-from-licensed-teachers
Gene V Glass, Cheryl A. Edholm (). The AIMS Test and the Mathematics Actually Used by Arizona Employees. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-aims-test-and-mathematics-actually-used-arizona-employees
Alex Molnar, Daniel Allen, Glen Wilson, Sandra Foster (). Professional Development Needs of Teachers in SAGE Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/professional-development-needs-teachers-sage-classrooms
Harold Berlak (). Testing Teachers to Raise Standards: Does It Work?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/testing-teachers-raise-standards-does-it-work
Grace Taylor, Damian W. Betebenner (). Inclusion of Limited-English-Proficient Students in Rhode Island's Grade 4 Mathematics Performance Assessment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/inclusion-limited-english-proficient-students-rhode-islands-grade-4-mathematics-performa
R. Underhill, Hilda Borko, Margaret Eisenhart, C. Brown, D. Jones, P. Agard (). Conceptual Knowledge Falls through the Cracks: Complexities of Learning to Teach Mathematics for Understanding. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/conceptual-knowledge-falls-through-cracks-complexities-learning-teach-mathematics-unders
Hilda Borko, R. Underhill, C. Brown, Margaret Eisenhart, P. Agard, D. Jones (). Learning to Teach Hard Mathematics: Do Novice Teachers and Their Instructors Give Up Too Easily?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/learning-teach-hard-mathematics-do-novice-teachers-and-their-instructors-give-up-too-eas
Margaret Eisenhart (). Conceptual Frameworks for Research Circa 1991: Ideas from a Cultural Anthropologist; Implications for Mathematics Education Rese. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/conceptual-frameworks-research-circa-1991-ideas-a-cultural-anthropologist-implications-m