CEPR Faculty Director Thomas Kane discusses the minimum standard of effectiveness for teachers in the following Brookings Institution paper.... Read more about Who is an Effective Teacher?
The Strategic Data Project College-Going Diagnostic for the Los Angeles Unified School District is referenced in the following Los Angeles Times article.
In California, teachers whose students include English learners are required by state law to have special certification. That's sensible, given the special challenges that come with running a classroom in which not all children are equally proficient in the language being spoken. There are two ways to secure that certification: by graduating from a college or university that grants such a certificate, or by attending a...