Back in May 2010, hundreds of the nation’s education foundation, policy, and practice elites were gathered for the NewSchools Venture Fund meeting in Washington to celebrate and learn from the most ...

Houston ISD is collecting feedback on a new teacher evaluation system it aims to launch next academic year. Eighteen campuses, called "Trailblazers" by the district, are testing the system, and ...

The state in 2024 signed a two-year contract with online teacher evaluation platform 2gnoMe — pronounced “to know me.” Founder and CEO Ilya Zeldin said the idea began with a simple ...

A study of teacher evaluation in five charter schools from Morgaen L. Donaldson with Heather G. Peske. Teacher evaluation and charter schools feature prominently in President Barack Obama’s proposals ...

When Gov. Bill Ritter signed Colorado’s teacher-evaluation framework into law in 2010, he set in motion a powerful transformation of the state’s education system. By passing Senate Bill 10-191 with ...

Houston ISD's proposed evaluation system is largely in line with current research and practices, according to some experts, who raised some concerns about frequent classroom spot observations and ...

New data and analysis released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds ample opportunities for improvement in states’ teacher and principal evaluation policies. With educator quality ...

The state's jump on the federal government put it in a prime position to win money from the Race to the Top fund, Obama's signature education initiative, and in 2010 the president announced that Rhode ...

March 5, 2026 - Teachers are striking for better pay, benefits and class size. But school districts say their budgets are extremely tight and they’re contemplating layoffs. On a recent afternoon ...

Formal Evaluation by the Site director: Site directors serve as the main liaison between Drexel University and the school where the teacher candidate is placed. The site director is expected to visit ...

Houston ISD made yet another change to the rubric used to evaluate how well teachers perform in their classrooms, one of the major components of teacher evaluations that ultimately determine salaries ...