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Teachers aren't 'fleeing' the classroom
Schools should focus on retaining effective teachers, not on lowering turnover rates for lower-quality teachers.

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 29, 20252 min read
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Merit pay is making a comeback
Some teachers are earning bonuses based on student achievement, evaluations, collaboration with colleagues and taking hard-to-fill jobs.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 7, 20251 min read
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Paying teachers for performance is working in DC and Dallas
Pay teachers for performance and taking hard jobs, not just for years in the classroom.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 17, 20252 min read
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Ready to teach? Unions fight tests, assessments for new teachers
Teachers' unions don't like skills or knowledge tests for teachers -- unless everyone passes. They're too stressful. They're not aligned...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 13, 20242 min read
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Bad teachers: We can get rid of bad rookies, but we're stuck with the veterans
Teacher-evaluation reforms were a flop, explains Tim Daly, who worked hard in his days at TNTP to get bad teachers out of schools. Using...

Joanne Jacobs
May 16, 20241 min read
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Top marks for low expectations: 'Rate your teacher' surveys could backfire
Asking students to rate their teachers is a dubious way to evaluate teachers' competence, writes Vladimir Kogan, a Ohio State political...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 8, 20242 min read
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Merit pay for teachers can work
Linking teacher pay to performance -- not just to seniority and post-college credits -- was the center of education reform in the 2010s,...

Joanne Jacobs
May 1, 20231 min read
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