Federal Policy on Effective Teaching
by Alyson Mike on Wed, 01/05/2011 - 1:03pm
President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have made teaching quality a major focus of federal education policy — and rightly so. Teachers are the most powerful school-based influence on student learning. This update discusses the current Federal policy efforts underway, NTC’s perspective, and the challenges of ensuring that these not only meet the political needs of policymakers, but must also meet the professional needs of individual teachers.
What are your thoughts on this policy?
