Research: INEQUALITY IN TEACHING AND SCHOOLING: SUPPORTING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS - @coolcatteacher

Research: INEQUALITY IN TEACHING AND SCHOOLING: SUPPORTING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS - @coolcatteacher:

 Research: INEQUALITY IN TEACHING AND SCHOOLING: SUPPORTING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP IN LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS

Excerpted from A Notion at Risk: Preserving Public Education as an Engine for Social Mobility, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Editor
2000

by Linda Darling-Hammond and Laura Post

This important excerpt of a larger book hits on the quality of teachers and the success of children in low-income schools. If you want a better school, spend money on staff development and helping your teachers become more proficient. This article is full of research and important topics of conversation among teachers and policy makers.

“Longitudinal studies in Tennessee and Dallas, Texas found that differences in teacher effectiveness are an extremely strong determinant of differences in student learning, far outweighing the effects of differences in class size and heterogeneity.” P 128-129 http://www.stanford.edu/~ldh/publications/LDH-Post-Inequality.pdf

If you haven’t read this article, take the time to dive through with a highlighter and prepare to discuss the implications. Teacher quality and teacher education makes a big difference. Sadly, the first thing most states have cut is teacher training with some states even making the move to limit teacher education and make sure they are “in the classroom.”

While being in the classroom is important, being well educated is even more important. I find that when I learn new methods of teaching and strategies, I become a better teacher through the practice of working to improve my classroom.

I’ve put this article in my Pocket app to read more deeply this summer.