Donate Now How do you know if your child is being educated by an excellent teacher? A mediocre one? A poor one? According to a new study by The New Teacher Project, the only reliable way to tell is by word of mouth from other parents. But wait, you say. Teachers are evaluated by their…

Donate Now Every summer (or, more accurately, each summer I’ve been associated with TFA) I find myself stepping back from the day-to-day grind of a classroom teacher and start thinking about the education problem on a much broader scale. I think about what it would take to finally close the achievement gap permanently. I think…

In an effort to Continuously Increase my Effectiveness, I have spent quite a bit of time this summer reading various books and articles about teaching. I recognize that I am by no means an expert teacher; part of the reason I wanted to move to a charter school was that I knew that they would…