Publications: Teacher Education, Quality, and Professional Development

Let’s Stop Asking Whether Teachers Are Professionals. Let’s Ask What Kinds of Professionals We Want Teachers to Be

Policy Brief

Emilie Mitescu Reagan and A. Lin Goodwin

March 11, 2025

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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)

NEPC Review

Elizabeth Stringer Keefe

July 11, 2024

NEPC Review: Teacher Prep Review: Strengthening Elementary Reading Instruction (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), June 2023)

NEPC Review

P.L. Thomas

September 19, 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)

NEPC Review

Emilie Mitescu Reagan

March 15, 2023

NEPC Review: Addressing Teacher Shortages: Practical Ideas for the Pandemic and Beyond (TNTP, February 2022)

NEPC Review

Ed Fuller

May 24, 2022

"Grow Your Own" Programs: Examining Potential and Pitfalls for a New Generation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Community Teachers

Policy Brief

Conra D. Gist

May 19, 2022

NEPC Review: Harnessing Micro-Credentials for Teacher Growth (New America, January 2021)

NEPC Review

Elena Aydarova

April 8, 2021

NEPC Review: 2020 Teacher Prep Review: Clinical Practice and Classroom Management (National Council on Teacher Quality, October 2020)

NEPC Review

Jamy Stillman and Katherine Schultz

March 16, 2021

NEPC Review: Language Counts: Supporting Early Math Development for Dual Language Learners (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2020)

NEPC Review

Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis

March 2, 2021

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Kevin Kumashiro About Education Deans for Justice and Equity Alliance

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Christopher Saldaña and Kevin K. Kumashiro

November 21, 2019

Seven Trends to Reform U.S. Teacher Education, and the Need to Address Systemic Injustices

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Education Deans for Justice and Equity

October 10, 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)

Reviews Worth Sharing

Andrew Brantlinger and Matthew Griffin

May 23, 2019

NEPC Review: The Opportunity Myth (TNTP, September 2018)

NEPC Review

Amanda Datnow

January 24, 2019

NEPC Review: 2018 Teacher Prep Review (National Council on Teacher Quality, April 2018)

NEPC Review

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Wen-Chia Chang, and Molly Cummings Carney

June 12, 2018

NEPC Review: 2018 State Teacher Policy Best Practices Guide (National Council on Teacher Quality, March 2018)

NEPC Review

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Wen-Chia Chang, and Molly Cummings Carney

May 24, 2018

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Michael Barbour and Bryan Mann on Virtual Schools

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Gregory A. Smith, Michael K. Barbour, and Bryan Mann

May 17, 2018

NEPC Review: It Takes a Community (Bellwether Education Partners, February 2018)

NEPC Review

Adam Winsler

May 8, 2018

NEPC Review: When Degree Programs for Pre-K Teachers Go Online: Challenges and Opportunities (New America Foundation, November 2017)

NEPC Review

Beth Graue and Erica Ramberg

January 18, 2018

NEPC Review: Tackling Gaps in Access to Strong Teachers: What State Leaders Can Do (The Education Trust, October 2017)

NEPC Review

Doris A. Santoro

November 28, 2017

Our Children Deserve Better: A Call to Resist Washington’s Dangerous Vision for U.S. Education

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Education Deans for Justice and Equity

September 6, 2017

NEPC Review: A New Agenda: Research to Build a Better Teacher Preparation Program (Bellwether Education Partners, October 2016)

NEPC Review

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Stephani Burton, Molly Cummings Carney, Juan Gabriel Sánchez, and Andrew F. Miller

March 28, 2017

Review of Within Our Grasp: Achieving Higher Admissions Standards in Teacher Prep

NEPC Review

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Megina Baker, Wen-Chia Chang, M. Beatriz Fernández, and Elizabeth Stringer Keefe

March 23, 2017

Declaration of Principles on Public Education, Democracy, and the Role of Federal Government

FYI

Education Deans for Justice and Equity

January 13, 2017

Independent Teacher Education Programs: Apocryphal Claims, Illusory Evidence

Policy Brief

Kenneth M. Zeichner

September 8, 2016

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection

Policy Brief

William J. Mathis

August 23, 2016

NEPC Review: Learning about Learning: What Every New Teacher Needs to Know (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), January 2016)

NEPC Review

P.L. Thomas and Christian Z. Goering

March 22, 2016

Holding Teacher Preparation Accountable: A Review of Claims and Evidence

Policy Brief

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, and Megina Baker

March 16, 2016

NEPC Review: Smart, Skilled, and Striving: Transforming and Elevating the Teaching Profession (Center for American Progress, November 2015)

NEPC Review

Elizabeth J. Meyer

January 7, 2016

NEPC Review: The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development (TNTP, August 2015)

NEPC Review

Heather C. Hill

September 30, 2015

Silver Linings Casebook: How Vergara’s Backers May Lose by Winning

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 3, 2015

NEPC Review: Proposed 2015 Federal Teacher Preparation Regulations (U.S. Department of Education, December 2014)

NEPC Review

Kevin K. Kumashiro

January 12, 2015

Review of Two Alternative Teacher Preparation Proposals

NEPC Review

William J. Mathis

May 29, 2014

Review of A Legal Lever for Enhancing Productivity

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

February 27, 2014

Teach for America: A Return to the Evidence

Policy Brief

Julian Vasquez Heilig and Su Jin Jez

January 7, 2014

Review of An Opportunity Culture for All: Making Teaching a Highly Paid, High-Impact Profession

NEPC Review

Patricia H. Hinchey

December 12, 2013

Review of Report Card on American Education

NEPC Review

Christopher Lubienski and T. Jameson Brewer

May 9, 2013

Review of Evaluation of Teach for America in Texas Schools

NEPC Review

Ed Fuller and Nathan Dadey

April 9, 2013

What Does It Take to Scale Up Innovations?

Policy Brief

Ben Levin

March 14, 2013

Policy Reforms and De-professionalization of Teaching

Policy Brief

Rich Milner

February 28, 2013

NEPC Review: Have We Identified Effective Teachers? (Gates Foundation, January 2013)

NEPC Review

Jesse Rothstein and William J. Mathis

January 31, 2013

Teacher Job Satisfaction Plummets — Survey

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

March 7, 2012

NEPC Review: The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood (January 2012)

NEPC Review

Dale Ballou

February 16, 2012

Creando incentivos docentes para mejorar la excelencia y la equidad en la escuela

Legislative Brief

Barnett Berry and Jon Eckert

January 12, 2012

Creating Teacher Incentives for School Excellence and Equity

Legislative Brief

Barnett Berry, Jon Eckert, and Scott R. Bauries

January 12, 2012

NEPC Review: Gateways to the Principalship: State Power to Improve the Quality of School Leaders (Center for American Progress, October 2011)

NEPC Review

Margaret Terry Orr

January 10, 2012

Quality in Student Teaching: Flawed Research Leads to Unsound Recommendations

Reviews Worth Sharing

Susan M. Benner

January 10, 2012

Reviews Worth Sharing: Myths and Facts about Value-Added Analysis (TNTP, November 2011)

Reviews Worth Sharing

Matthew Di Carlo

November 11, 2011

Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Concerning Evaluation of Teachers and Principals

Policy Memo

Kevin G. Welner and Carol C. Burris

July 30, 2011

NEPC Review: Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems (April 2011)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

May 18, 2011

NEPC Review: "Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance" and "Merit Pay International" (February 2011)

NEPC Review

Matthias Von Davier

March 31, 2011

NEPC Review: District Awards for Teacher Excellence Program: Final Report (December 2010)

NEPC Review

Donald Gratz

March 3, 2011

Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers

Research Brief

Derek C. Briggs and Ben Domingue

February 8, 2011

Review of Waiting for Superman

NEPC Review

Elizabeth Dutro

January 24, 2011

NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010)

NEPC Review

Jesse Rothstein

January 13, 2011

Getting Teacher Assessment Right: What Policymakers Can Learn From Research

Policy Brief

Patricia H. Hinchey

December 7, 2010

NEPC Review: Teacher Evaluation 2.0 (TNTP, October 2010)

NEPC Review

Rich Milner

November 16, 2010

NEPC Review: Great Teachers and Great Leaders (May 2010)

NEPC Review

Paul Shaker

October 5, 2010

Teach For America: A Review of the Evidence

Policy Brief

Julian Vasquez Heilig and Su Jin Jez

June 9, 2010

NEPC Review: Teacher Layoffs: Rethinking "Last Hired, First Fired" Policies (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), February 2010)

NEPC Review

Richard Ingersoll and Lisa Merrill

May 12, 2010

Reviews Worth Sharing: Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation (November 2009)

Reviews Worth Sharing

Bob Williams

December 16, 2009

NEPC Review: The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Teacher Differences (TNTP, June 2009)

NEPC Review

Raymond Pecheone and Ruth Chung Wei

August 5, 2009

NEPC Review: An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification: Final Report (February 2009)

NEPC Review

Jennifer Jennings and Sean P. Corcoran

March 10, 2009

NEPC Review: The Misplaced Math Student: Lost in Eighth-Grade Algebra (September 2008)

NEPC Review

Carol C. Burris

October 14, 2008

Alternative Certification of Teachers

Policy Brief

Gene V Glass

May 12, 2008

A Guide to Contracting Out School Support Services: Good for the School? Good for the Community?

Policy Brief

Lorna Jimerson and William J. Mathis

March 31, 2008

School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations

Policy Brief

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, and Terri S. Wilson

March 20, 2008

Teacher Qualifications and Work Environments Across School Types

Policy Brief

Marisa Cannata

March 1, 2008

Teacher Data in Colorado: Considering Potential Opportunities and Risks of Recent Proposals

Legacy Publication

Vincent J.A. Badolato

July 1, 2007

NEPC Review: How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid? (Manhattan Institute, January 2007)

NEPC Review

Lawrence Mishel and Sean P. Corcoran

February 19, 2007

The Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Teacher Compensation Approaches

Policy Brief

Debbi C. Harris

January 1, 2007

NEPC Review: Giving Students the Chaff: How to Find and Keep the Teachers We Need (September 2006)

NEPC Review

Ash Vasudeva and Raymond Pecheone

October 25, 2006

The Future of Teacher Education and Teaching: Another Piece of the Privatization Puzzle

Resource Document

Patricia H. Hinchey

October 1, 2005

The Near Impossibility of Testing for Teacher Quality

Legacy Publication

David C. Berliner

May 1, 2005

The Science of Professional Development

Resource Document

Janette K. Klingner

January 1, 2004

Reform Florida

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, and Victoria-Maria MacDonald

January 1, 2004

Proceedings of the State Forum on Teacher Education in Arizona

Resource Document

May 19, 2003

Studies Say Students Learn More from Licensed Teachers

Resource Document

September 18, 2002

The AIMS Test and the Mathematics Actually Used by Arizona Employees

Research Brief

Cheryl A. Edholm

January 1, 2002

Professional Development Needs of Teachers in SAGE Classrooms

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Daniel Allen, Glen Wilson, and Sandra Foster

January 1, 2002

Testing Teachers to Raise Standards: Does It Work?

Legacy Publication

Harold Berlak

January 1, 2000

Inclusion of Limited-English-Proficient Students in Rhode Island's Grade 4 Mathematics Performance Assessment

Resource Document

Grace Taylor and Damian W. Betebenner

January 1, 1998

Conceptual Knowledge Falls through the Cracks: Complexities of Learning to Teach Mathematics for Understanding

Resource Document

R. Underhill, Hilda Borko, Margaret Eisenhart, C. Brown, D. Jones, and P. Agard

January 1, 1993

Learning to Teach Hard Mathematics: Do Novice Teachers and Their Instructors Give Up Too Easily?

Resource Document

Hilda Borko, R. Underhill, C. Brown, Margaret Eisenhart, P. Agard, and D. Jones

January 1, 1992

Conceptual Frameworks for Research Circa 1991: Ideas from a Cultural Anthropologist; Implications for Mathematics Education Rese

Resource Document

Margaret Eisenhart

January 1, 1991