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Kate Walsh National Council on Teacher Quality

Teachers play a crucial role in shaping young minds. Unfortunately, great teachers are not as abundant as needed. Research shows that factors like master's degrees do not necessarily correlate with teacher effectiveness. Tougher tenure decisions and focusing on quality rather than experience can lead to higher student achievement. It's time we re-evaluate what truly makes a great teacher and prioritize these aspects. Let's make impactful changes in education to ensure every student has access to high-quality teaching.

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Kate Walsh National Council on Teacher Quality

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  1. Kate WalshNational Council on Teacher Quality

  2. Teachers matter.

  3. Great teachers can accomplish miracles—but there aren’t enough of them. Source: NCTQ, based on estimates of Hanushek and others.

  4. Odds of random assignment of great teacher:One in seven

  5. Odds of random assignment of great teacher 5 years in a row: 1 in 17,000

  6. For minorities, the odds are even worse. Source: Illinois Education Research Council, 2005.

  7. For poor students as well. Source: Illinois Education Research Council, 2005.

  8. We don’t tend to value the right things about teachers.

  9. Overwhelming research finds no value from master’s degrees. Source: Ozdemir, M. and Stevenson, W., 2009 National Council on Teacher Quality

  10. What we wrongly value. Source: NCTQ TR3 database, www.nctq.org/tr3

  11. Experience doesn’t matter as much as we think…or pay for. Source: Hanushek and Rivkin, 2004 “How to Improve the Supply of High Quality Teachers.” Brookings.

  12. Source: The Hamilton Project, Brooking Institution

  13. We need to make tougher decisions about who earns tenure.

  14. By improving the overall quality of the teacher pool (fewer weak teachers), the pay off would be significant.

  15. Routinely denying tenure to the bottom 25 percent of all teachers would have a big impact on student achievement at a fraction of the cost.

  16. We must attend to the TOP as well.

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