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Teaching Ahead: A Roundtable

Teaching Ahead, an interactive project jointly developed by Education Week Teacher and the Center for Teaching Quality, was designed to bring greater exposure to the ideas of standout classroom educators on the future of their profession. Each month, selected teacher panelists were asked to respond to and discuss key issues in education policy and instructional practice. The discussions were intended to help inform the national conversation on the direction of public schools. This blog is no longer being updated.

Teaching Profession Opinion Teacher Leadership Deserves Real Compensation
Teacher leadership requires time and compensation from the school district. It cannot be loaded onto a full schedule and it cannot be for a small stipend, Shereen Henry argues.
Shereen Henry, February 26, 2015
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Teaching Profession Opinion Honing the Tools of Teacher Leadership: Teamwork and Creativity
As teachers across the country begin to voice their desire for more clearly defined leadership roles, it's time for schools to design and implement leadership systems that genuinely empower teachers to be strong leaders and highly effective educators.
Katrina Boone, February 25, 2015
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Teaching Profession Opinion Lead, Without Leaving the Classroom
All teachers should take on a leadership challenge, Nancy Barile says. Transformative action and leadership from teachers will benefit students more than anything else.
Nancy Barile, February 25, 2015
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Families & the Community Opinion What a Lesson Plan for Parent Engagement Looks Like
Let's make engaging students and families beyond our classrooms a part of every lesson plan, Megan M. Allen writes.
Megan M. Allen, January 23, 2015
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Families & the Community Opinion Healthy Parent-Teacher Relationships Start With Healthy Student-Teacher Ones
Teacher Adrianne G. Williams cultivates an environment where she focuses on students' interpersonal qualities as well as their academic ones. The students see her effort, she says, and the parents follow.
Adrianne Williams, January 23, 2015
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Families & the Community Opinion Engage Parents by Acting With Empathy
Learning how to listen and act with empathy is radically different from assuming traditional roles of teachers as experts, John M. Holland writes.
John M. Holland, January 22, 2015
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Families & the Community Opinion Talking With Students' Parents Can Be Uncomfortable. Do It Anyway.
By building relationships and keeping the communication lines open and honest, parents feel included and involved in their child's education, teacher Beth Adreon says.
Beth Adreon, January 22, 2015
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Families & the Community Opinion Keep Your Students Close But Your Parents Closer
When teachers open up their classrooms and their teaching to parents, they build mutual trust and respect and avoid the nasty business of conflict, Eoin Lenihan writes.
Eoin Lenihan, January 21, 2015
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Teaching Profession Opinion A Good Teacher Needs to Be Surrounded by Good Teachers
Accomplished educators typically do not want to be the only accomplished educator in the building, Latosha R. Guy writes.
Latosha R. Guy, December 19, 2014
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Teaching Profession Opinion The Business of Teaching Children Starts With Trusting Those Teaching
Many teachers leave their schools not for pay or because of the students, but because another school offered a climate and environment more conducive to excellence, Robert Jeffers says.
Robert Jeffers, December 18, 2014
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Teaching Profession Opinion The Key to Recruiting the Best Teachers Isn't Money. It's Culture.
Offering teachers more money alone is not the cure-all for recruiting and maintaining top teachers at all schools, Deidra Gammill says. (Although money helps.)
Deidra Gammill, December 18, 2014
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Teaching Profession Opinion For States Creating Teacher Policies, a Suggestion: Talk to Teachers
Maybe it's time to change how we come up with answers to tough policy questions, Jeff Austin writes, starting with increased collaboration between states and teachers.
Jeff Austin, December 17, 2014
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Teaching Profession Opinion Teachers Shouldn't Be Moved Between Schools Like Widgets
The very concept of equitably "redistributing effective teachers" carries with it an oversimplification of what effective teaching is, Ariel Sacks says.
Ariel Sacks, December 16, 2014
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Teaching Profession Opinion Teachers Can't Thrive When They're Working in Isolation
Peer evaluation is just one of the components missing from collaborative environments, Precious Crabtree writes.
Precious Crabtree, November 24, 2014
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