Fast Fact: Teacher satisfaction
Teacher job satisfaction is more influenced by a school's working environment than by student demographics.
Fast Fact: The key to our freedom
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. ... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation…
Common-sense strategies for improving working conditions in high-poverty, low-performing schools are critical to attracting, keeping strong teachers
WASHINGTON (June 27, 2012) Much attention has been paid in recent years to developing meaningful teacher evaluation systems…
Building and Sustaining Talent: Creating Conditions in High-Poverty Schools That Support Effective Teaching and Learning
Improving public education depends on attracting, nurturing, and retaining talented teachers in schools with the greatest academic need. With…
Fast Fact: Teacher-prep programs fall short
Struggling students need teachers who can figure out how to help. Yet, only 3 percent of teacher-prep programs train…
Fast Fact: Baltimore vs. absenteeism
Baltimore’s aggressive, system-wide effort to improve student attendance has cut its chronic absenteeism rate in the middle grades by…
Statement from The Education Trust on House Passage of the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act
WASHINGTON (May 10, 2012) Balancing the needs of a strong national defense, deficit reduction and a strong education…
Fast Fact: Math teachers like common learning standards
New research* shows more than 9 in 10 math teachers support the Common Core math standards adopted by their…
What Does It Mean to Be a Good School Leader?
A teacher of our acquaintance once remarked that “the daily-ness of teaching” overwhelmed all calm reflection. Only in stray…
Fast Fact: Urban school expert offers advice
“Above all, no matter where in the social structure children are coming from, act as if their possibilities are…
Instructional Supports: The Missing Piece in State Education Standards
The transition from current state learning standards to college- and career-ready standards being rolled out across the nation is…
College- and career-ready standards efforts must equip teachers with strong supports to help students meet new, higher expectations
WASHINGTON (March 30, 2012) - For years, our nation's public schools have struggled to bridge the gap between what…
Fast Fact: Education and worker training on the federal chopping block
While cutting taxes for the rich, Rep. Paul Ryan’s new budget proposal would also slash $196 billion from education…
New Education Trust analysis of educator evaluation plans in first-round NCLB waiver agreements underscore potential for both promise, pitfalls in new federal-state partnership in K-12 education
Note: To download individual state summaries, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the desired attachment(s).WASHINGTON…
Fast Fact: ACT Data Show Wide Readiness Gap Between the Haves and Have-Nots
Only 8% of the lowest income students taking the exam meet all four college-readiness benchmarks. In comparison, about 40%…
Fast Fact: Black middle schoolers held back disproportionately
No fair!!! African-Americans were 16 percent of our 6th to 8th grade public school students in the 2009-2010 school…
Education Trust analysis of accountability plans in first-round NCLB waiver agreements shows potential for both promise, pitfalls in new federal-state partnership in K-12 education
Onus now on leaders in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Tennessee…