Do you think it's time for another kind of Sputnik - era push to develop new teacher development programs? (discovermagazine.com)
If our major policy focus is to improve student achievement by improving teacher effectiveness — accounting for 30 per cent of the variance in student achievement — we must attract higher - quality applicants to the teaching profession, improve our teacher education institutions and courses, esteem and grow those teachers who demonstrate expert potential, and mandate teacher development programs for less effective teachers. (teachermagazine.com.au)
«The proposed funding cut raises a very serious question: is investing in teacher development programs worth it and do we know how to make those investments effective?» (learningpolicyinstitute.org)