By Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan Hassel; first published on Education Next. There’s been a lot of chatter about increasing teacher pay—even doubling it. With the release of TNTP’s The Irreplaceables, talk about paying teachers more and retaining the best will likely increase. Whether or not your political perspective leaves you thinking this is necessary, most […]
Opportunity at the Top: How America’s Best Teachers Could Close the Gaps, Raise the Bar, and Keep Our Nation Great
Report explains why traditional policy initiatives have been unsuccessful and explores the potential impact of policy initiatives designed to improve student access to great teachers.
Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction
Book chapter proposes that “digital education needs excellent teachers and that a first-rate teaching profession needs digital education.”
Reformers: We Must Be Much Bolder to Reach Every Child with Excellent Teachers
By Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan Hassel; first published on Education Next. As ESEA talk heats up, reform groups are tossing ideas on the table (e.g., here). We can debate the details, but most have some merit. Here’s the problem: even if our nation fully implemented most of the recommended legislation in the next decade, we still […]
Khan Academy: Not Overhyped, Just Missing a Key Ingredient – Excellent Live Teachers
Rick Hess was right to question the simplistic hyping of Khan Academy’s online video lectures in this Straight Up post. But we think he’s only got it half-right: it’s less a matter of OVER-hyping than MIS-hyping the true potential of what Khan is doing. Just to summarize, Khan Academy offers short, engaging tutorials in math, science and other subjects and is experimenting with having kids use these during homework time, freeing up school time for problem solving and collaborative work – a concept commonly called “flipping.”
We’ve written here and here about the importance figuring out as a nation how to “extend the reach” of great teachers to more students, since great teachers accountable for student learning are the one “intervention” we know can close achievement gaps and raise the bar for all students.
Beyond Classroom Walls: Developing Innovative Work Roles for Teachers
Report profile two organizations that have redesigned the job of teacher to provide new types of leadership opportunities and let great teachers reach larger numbers of students.
3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education’s Best
Report explores ways we could redesign teachers’ roles and use technology to give millions more students access to the best teachers.