Teacher Magazine: Trend Tracker

July 3, 2009

Trend Tracker

Our regular look at current research, trends, and ideas affecting teachers and teaching profession.

Report Foresees Mass Teacher Retirements

A new report emphasizes the role of cross-generational learning teams to help keep teachers in the profession. (April 8, 2009)

Report Pushes for More Flexible Certification Requirements

States should do more to support alternative teacher certification programs, in part by loosening licensure requirements, argues a new paper by the Center for American Progress. (March 4, 2009)

Report: Teachers See Progress Over Past 25 Years

Teachers’ views on their profession have become markedly more positive over the past quarter century, at least partially validating the widespread school-improvement efforts of the period, concludes a retrospective survey report released this week by MetLife, Inc. (February 25, 2009)

If They Were President

A recent survey asked teachers what advice they’d give the next president to improve education in America. (October 20, 2008)

Getting Sleepy

A new study says that lack of sleep is endemic in the teaching profession and that schools may be the worse for it. (September 23, 2008)

Sex Education

(September 20, 2006)

Demand for Teachers Up (in Some Cases)

The job market for teachers is showing signs of slow but steady improvement, according to a survey of education school officials. (April 12, 2006)

NCLB's Effects

Teaching has undergone fundamental changes in the four years since the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act, according to a new national study. (April 3, 2006)

Homework Unburdened

A poll of parents and teachers provides new data on attitudes towards homework. (February 8, 2006)

Vital Statistics

A look at some of the teaching profession’s vital statistics. (January 17, 2006)

Does Parental Involvement Matter?

A new study of low-income schools in California has raised some eyebrows by concluding that, when it comes to student achievement, parental involvement is less important than a number of school-based instructional factors. (December 6, 2005)

Generation Gap

The teaching profession is undergoing a significant “generational shift,” and schools have been slow to adapt to it, says a Harvard professor. (November 23, 2005)

Reading Problems

Results from a closely watched national test released this month have heightened concerns about adolescents’ reading skills. (October 27, 2005)

Standards Bearers

NCLB may not be universally winning the hearts and minds of educators, but it’s made substantial gains in how the public views it, according to a survey released this week. (June 22, 2005)

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