Research Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education My latest book "Where Teachers Thrive: Organizing Schools for Success" available now.
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This outstanding, new report from E4E is a must-read for public school educators, policymakers, and the public. It provides a first-rate analysis of collaborative bargaining practices and exemplary contract provisions that serve both teachers and students.
We're excited to share our new website resource with you! ➡️ Where We Agree: Designing Contracts for a Modern Classroom
The teaching profession is in crisis & teachers’ contracts are an overlooked but essential lever for addressing that. Learn more - whereweagree.org/
You're very kind, Matt. This article nicely captures many of the challenges that districts and schools encounter as they try to address the "teacher shortage." One thing I'm sure of: Virtual teachers are not the answer!
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This terrific study from NCTQ not only explains clearly what states are doing (or not doing) to attract and retain teachers of color. It also gives policymakers an array of promising options to enhance their state's approach.
This report just out from the Shanker Institute provides an astute analysis of state laws intended to improve reading instruction. Will students benefit? Maybe. That will depend on how these laws are implemented. That's the next, essential stage of this crucial work.
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This report just out from the Shanker Institute provides an astute analysis of state laws intended to improve reading instruction. Will students benefit? Maybe. That will depend on how these laws are implemented. That's the next, essential stage of this crucial work.
Individual teachers can't singlehandedly transform reading instruction. This complex goal needs collective effort & a robust foundation that empowers/supports teachers. Work by @sarahlouwou & @RacheGabriel greatly influences our view of reading reform ➡️ shankerinstitute.org/read
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Every year since I left home my parents call me at the exact minute of my birth and sing happy birthday to me, and I’m going to be honest—it fills up my soul every time.
This important study highlights how teacher turnover drives school-level shortages.Working conditions-most controlled by the principal-produce varied rates of turnover. Some schools retain teachers; others lose theirs. Teachers flee dysfunctional schools, not their students.
🚨NEW @AnnenbergInst WP🚨
Teacher Shortages: A Unifying Framework for Understanding and Predicting Vacancies
@MatthewAKraft @_AlvinChristian @chriscandel & I show views abt tchr shortage depend on whether their examined in aggregate or locally
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Thanks so much @TravisJBristol! I so enjoyed sharing findings from Where Teachers Thrive and I loved learning from Berkeley students,especially the aspiring principals, about what it's like right now in their schools. Seeing former students and colleagues was an extra plus!
And what a pleasure it was to work with you! Your contribution to that session was smart, informative, and fun.
I count myself very lucky!
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Working with Kaylan Connally would be an outstanding experience!
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Great closing just now by @HeatherPeske: pick something supported by evidence, use your potion of privilege for good (to whom much is given) and be humble. 🙌🏼
🚨The Askwith convening is here!
Join leaders from across the field — @SecCardona, @SonjaSantelises, @SchwinnTeach, @MatthewAKraft, @HeatherPeske, and more — to discuss innovations to the education ecosystem.
Click below to learn more and watch live.
And thank you, @TravisJBristol and @Berkeley_Educ, for inviting me! I look forward to crossing the country to talk *in person* with your students and colleagues about my book, Where Teachers Thrive, and its lessons for educators and policymakers post-pandemic.
Thank you @Susan_M_Johnson for agreeing to spend time with us! We, the @Berkeley_Educ, are looking fwd to your talk!
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The new issue of @ELMagazine examines the crisis in the teaching profession and what can be done about it, w/ @LDH_ed, @bjfr, @JaneKise, @Susan_M_Johnson @JamilaDugan, @shiftingllc. Here are some key take-aways: ascd.org/videos/the-educatio…
Apologies for the order of these tweets. Please read from the bottom up. (I'm still new to this.)
To understand turnover, we must learn more from teachers and schools.How do schools serving demographically similar students compare as workplaces? And how do those differences affect teachers' decisions?
But schools serving low-income families rarely get the resources that schools serving wealthier families get. Students in low-income schools may need more supports, due to years of poor instruction, lack of social services, inequitable school funding, and racial segregation.
To understand turnover, we must learn more from teachers and schools.How do schools serving demographically similar students compare as workplaces? And how do those differences affect teachers' decisions?
Quantitative and qualitative research tells us that that If their school lacks a skilled leader, collaborative colleagues, and an orderly, positive culture, teachers may leave in search of another school where they can do their chosen work-often a better low-income school.