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Wayne, Andrew J.; Coggshall, Jane G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Effective instructional coaching won't happen across a district without a well-specified coaching program and a reliable way to guide coaches. Fortunately, there are innovations from research and development efforts that can help districts put into practice the best ideas about instructional coaching. Andrew Wayne and Jane Coggshall describe how…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness, Coaching (Performance), Program Effectiveness
Henry, Wesley L. C.; VanGronigen, Bryan A.; Wronowski, Meredith L.; Olive, James L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
While the demands of teaching continue to escalate, teacher development has changed relatively little over time, leaving many of today's teachers feeling underprepared, overwhelmed, or demoralized with few opportunities to make real change. Teacher leadership holds promise for both addressing challenges within schools and empowering teachers.…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Educational Improvement, Faculty Development, Urban Schools
De Vivo, Kristin – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
A new body of research shows that project-based learning (PBL) can be effective in improving students' academic performance and attempts to define some of the key practices that are essential to PBL. Kristin De Vivo summarizes key findings of four studies that covered multiple grade levels and subjects. The studies found that PBL is effective…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Curriculum Design
Hollands, Fiona; Kushner, Anna – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
Making evidence-based decisions in schools seems like an impossible task when hundreds of activities are available, the evidence base fails to address most of them, and budget deadlines are immovable. In addition, different stakeholders hold different views on what it means for a program, strategy, or intervention to "work." Fiona…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making, Cost Effectiveness, Program Implementation
Heller, Rafael – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
Amaya Garcia of New America talks with Kappan about grow-your-own programs, in which school districts partner with teacher preparation programs to recruit and prepare community members, often current students or school staff, to teach in local schools. A recent 50-state scan shows that there is a great deal of variety in how these programs are…
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Education Programs, Partnerships in Education, Program Design
Choate, Kathryn; Goldhaber, Dan; Theobald, Roddy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
COVID-19 profoundly affected teacher preparation during the 2019-20 school year. Based on survey responses from nearly all Washington state teacher education programs (TEPs), Kathryn Choate, Dan Goldhaber, and Roddy Theobald find that the pandemic had predictable but concerning effects on teacher preparation. Most notably, student-teaching…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Education Programs, Student Teaching