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TTF in the News
The New Teacher Project and Texas Teaching Fellows are making news. Read the latest articles.
August 2009
Class Acts, Julia Dahl (O Magazine)
People are searching for meaningful career change- and finding it in our public schools. The article profiles Fellows in Austin, Denver, and El Paso.
March 2009
Call of the Classroom: Teaching as a second career (Associated Press)
“Increasing numbers of Americans are leaving their careers to become teachers. For some, it’s a chance to make a difference; for others, a job with summers off. Career-switchers most often get into the classroom through a process called alternate certification, so named because participants don’t follow the traditional path of majoring in education.
December 2008
What Louisiana Can Teach (New York Times)
Acknowledges the state for its innovative accountability system, which evaluates The New Teacher Project and other teacher-preparation programs based on criteria including how much their graduates improve student performance. The article discusses the findings of a state-sponsored study which was released in December 2008.
Publications
TNTP conducts policy research projects which are used by districts and partners to implement more effective policies that address the needs of teachers, schools, and students nationwide. Below are links to studies conducted by The New Teacher Project.
The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness (2009) describes how our public education system treats teachers as interchangeable parts, not individual professionals, causing schools to ignore both excellence and ineffectiveness.
Mutual Benefits
Mutual Benefits: New York City’s Shift to Mutual Consent in Teacher Hiring (2008) finds that New York City’s 2005 school staffing reforms are working well for teachers and schools, but may be undermined by a costly new problem: excessed teachers who cannot find new positions.
Unintended Consequences
Unintended Consequences: The Case for Reforming the Staffing Rule in Urban Teachers Union Contracts (2005) quantifies the degree to which collectively-bargained teacher transfer and excess rules hamper the ability of schools to make smart hiring decisions.
Missed Opportunities
Missed Opportunities: How We Keep High-Quality Teachers out of Urban Classrooms (2003) analyzes how a web of policy and process barriers prevent urban school districts from hiring the best new teacher applicants by delaying hiring until well into the summer and early fall.
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