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Our First Position Paper

on Apr 16, 2009 by EEP Team
Making education equality a reality is not a simple task. It's going to require hard work and real strategies. EEP is about solutions and not empty talk. To that end, we've released our first position paper - "On Improving Teacher Quality." This is the first paper in a series that will explore real solutions for closing the achievement gap. It is our hope that this series will help start a conversation and that you contribute by posting your thoughts below.

The position paper "On Improving Teacher Quality" specifically calls on lawmakers and policymakers to focus efforts on:

1. Recruiting the best possible candidates for teaching jobs;
2. Giving aspiring and veteran teachers the right incentives and targeted training to perform well in the classroom;
3. Evaluating teacher performance fairly but rigorously;
4. Dismissing incompetent instructors after they have had an opportunity to improve their performance; and
5. Placing the best teachers where they are needed most.

We hope the policy proposals will help transform the teaching profession, and make public education the great equalizer in America-not an ongoing source of inequity and injustice for low income and minority students. The ultimate goal of transforming the teaching profession is that every classroom will one day be led by an effective instructor, who advances student learning. Please click here to read the full paper. Then tell us what you think about this position paper by leaving a comment below. Thank you!

 

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