NEPC Resources on Teacher Education, Quality, and Professional Development

Elizabeth Stringer Keefe (July 11, 2024). 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

(February 8, 2024). 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 (September 19, 2023). 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 (March 14, 2023). 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

(December 6, 2022). Five Charts That Show How Partisan Strife Is Impacting Public Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-democracy-120622

(November 1, 2022). How Charter Schools May Be Exacerbating the Teacher Shortage. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-shortage-110122

(October 27, 2022). Preparing Tech-Savvy Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-tech-102722

(September 22, 2022). Nine Ways to Hold Teacher Prep Programs Accountable for Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-prep-equity-092222

Ed Fuller (May 24, 2022). 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 (May 19, 2022). "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

(August 19, 2021). Can I Really Trust That Evaluation of My Teacher Prep Program?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-prep-081921

(May 4, 2021). Five Myths About Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-teacher-appreciation-050421

Elena Aydarova (April 8, 2021). NEPC Review: Harnessing Micro-Credentials for Teacher Growth (New America, January 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/microcredentials

Jamy Stillman, Katherine Schultz (March 16, 2021). 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 (March 2, 2021). 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 (November 21, 2019). 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 (October 10, 2019). Seven Trends to Reform U.S. Teacher Education, and the Need to Address Systemic Injustices. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/seven-trends

(October 3, 2019). Teacher Education and Deeper Learning. These Seven Schools are Doing it Right. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-deeper-learning-100319

(May 23, 2019). 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 (May 23, 2019). 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 (January 24, 2019). NEPC Review: The Opportunity Myth (TNTP, September 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-opportunity-myth

(July 26, 2018). 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 (June 12, 2018). 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 (May 24, 2018). 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 (May 17, 2018). 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 (May 8, 2018). 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 (January 18, 2018). 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 (November 28, 2017). 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 (November 14, 2017). 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 (September 6, 2017). 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 (March 28, 2017). 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 (March 23, 2017). 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 (January 13, 2017). 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 (September 8, 2016). Independent Teacher Education Programs: Apocryphal Claims, Illusory Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-education

William J. Mathis (August 23, 2016). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/research-based-options

P.L. Thomas, Christian Z. Goering (March 22, 2016). 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 (March 16, 2016). Holding Teacher Preparation Accountable: A Review of Claims and Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-prep

Elizabeth J. Meyer (January 7, 2016). 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 (September 30, 2015). 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 (June 3, 2015). Silver Linings Casebook: How Vergara’s Backers May Lose by Winning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/silver-linings-casebook

Kevin K. Kumashiro (January 12, 2015). 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 (May 29, 2014). Review of Two Alternative Teacher Preparation Proposals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-fast-start-time-to-improve

Clive Belfield (February 27, 2014). Review of A Legal Lever for Enhancing Productivity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-legal-lever

Julian Vasquez Heilig, Su Jin Jez (January 7, 2014). Teach for America: A Return to the Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teach-for-america-return

Patricia H. Hinchey (December 12, 2013). 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 (May 9, 2013). Review of Report Card on American Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-report-card-ALEC-2013

(April 25, 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 (April 9, 2013). Review of Evaluation of Teach for America in Texas Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-evaluation-tfa-texas

Ben Levin (March 14, 2013). What Does It Take to Scale Up Innovations?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/scaling-up-innovations

Rich Milner (February 28, 2013). Policy Reforms and De-professionalization of Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/policy-reforms-deprofessionalization

Jesse Rothstein, William J. Mathis (January 31, 2013). 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 (March 7, 2012). Teacher Job Satisfaction Plummets — Survey. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teacher-job-satisfaction-plummets

Dale Ballou (February 16, 2012). 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, Scott R. Bauries (January 12, 2012). Creating Teacher Incentives for School Excellence and Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/creating-teacher-incentives

Barnett Berry, Jon Eckert (January 12, 2012). 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

Susan M. Benner (January 10, 2012). Quality in Student Teaching: Flawed Research Leads to Unsound Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-student-teaching

Margaret Terry Orr (January 10, 2012). 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

Matthew Di Carlo (November 11, 2011). When the Legend Becomes Fact, Print the Fact Sheet. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/when-legend

Kevin G. Welner, Carol C. Burris (July 30, 2011). 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 (May 18, 2011). NEPC Review: Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems (April 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/passing-muster-fails-muster

Matthias Von Davier (March 31, 2011). 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 (March 3, 2011). 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 (February 8, 2011). Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/due-diligence

Elizabeth Dutro (January 24, 2011). Review of Waiting for Superman. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-waiting-superman

Jesse Rothstein (January 13, 2011). NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-learning-about-teaching

Patricia H. Hinchey (December 7, 2010). Getting Teacher Assessment Right: What Policymakers Can Learn From Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/getting-teacher-assessment-right

Rich Milner (November 16, 2010). NEPC Review: Teacher Evaluation 2.0 (TNTP, October 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-teach-eval-TNTP

Paul Shaker (October 5, 2010). 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 (June 9, 2010). Teach For America: A Review of the Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/teach-for-america

Richard Ingersoll, Lisa Merrill (May 12, 2010). 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 (December 16, 2009). 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 (August 5, 2009). 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 (March 10, 2009). 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 (October 14, 2008). 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 (May 12, 2008). Alternative Certification of Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/alternative-certification-of-teachers

Lorna Jimerson, William J. Mathis (March 31, 2008). 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 (March 20, 2008). School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-choice-evidence-and-recommendations

Marisa Cannata (March 1, 2008). 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 (July 1, 2007). 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 (February 19, 2007). 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 (January 1, 2007). 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 (October 25, 2006). 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 (October 1, 2005). 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 (May 1, 2005). The Near Impossibility of Testing for Teacher Quality. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/near-impossibility-testing-teacher-quality

Janette K. Klingner (January 1, 2004). 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 (January 1, 2004). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reform-florida

(May 19, 2003). Proceedings of the State Forum on Teacher Education in Arizona. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/proceedings-state-forum-teacher-education-arizona

(September 18, 2002). 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 (January 1, 2002). 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 (January 1, 2002). Professional Development Needs of Teachers in SAGE Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/professional-development-needs-teachers-sage-classrooms

Harold Berlak (January 1, 2000). 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 (January 1, 1998). 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 (January 1, 1993). 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 (January 1, 1992). 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 (January 1, 1991). 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