Bill Ferriter, who blogs here on the TLN website as The Tempered Radical, is the only practicing teacher among a half dozen prominent education figures whose commentary is featured in the new PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the...

A new organizational blog hosted by the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future will be of interest to teacher leaders and other educators who support teaching quality and professionalism. The blog kicked off on July 22nd, as part of...

More than 150 research studies have examined the impact of National Board Certification for teachers. Now, for the first time, a team of NBCTs have revealed their analyses of the research — from the perspective of highly accomplished teachers who...

The “free” tutoring mandated under NCLB for schools with high failure rates on math/reading assessments is not paying off. Or, to state it more accurately, these "supplemental services" are not bumping up standardized test scores to any meaningful degree. And...

TLN bloggers, like most committed teachers, won’t be lazing around the beach this summer. In fact, they’re just getting their second wind. Renee Moore (TeachMoore) is considering the implications of a recently released Teacher Working Conditions Survey in Mississippi, where...