Ron Noble

Students shouldn't be kicked out of class for minor behavior issues. But when teachers aren't trained to handle disruptive behavior, that's often what happens. Prep programs can give aspiring teachers the skills to avoid that. 🎯 More in our framework: buff.ly/zZVCQnB

Still haunted by the mistakes I made in my first years of teaching. @NCTQ's new Classroom Management Framework is another example of all the things I wish I'd learned in teacher prep! We hope this new resource translates to many more dynamic and supportive learning environments.

NOW HIRING! We're seeking a Communications Assistant to help get our research into the hands of education leaders, policymakers, and advocates working to improve teacher quality. Fully remote, great benefits, perfect for early-career communicators. 🔗 buff.ly/GIQ2QDk

Tired of watching great special education and English learner teachers burn out and leave the profession? Us, too. States have the power to end this cycle. Our new report highlights key policies that set these teachers up for success and keep them around. buff.ly/RSDb3Sx

ICYMI: California, Texas and Washington, D.C., lead the nation in teacher diversity, according to a recent @NCTQ report Read more here: buff.ly/4H4tGty

A diverse teacher workforce benefits all students, but how states achieve one matters. Our latest brief reveals what CA, TX, and D.C. are doing to increase teacher diversity, identifying which strategies can backfire and compromise teacher quality. bit.ly/4hpkPR7

New year, new look and feel to NCTQ’s State Teacher Policy Database. ✨ We rebuilt this free tool so you can easily get the info you need to advocate for or design strong policies on teacher pay, reading, teacher diversity, and more. Check it out! bit.ly/40oySjy

Teachers of color benefit all students, yet our workforce lacks diversity. To change this, we need clear and accessible data! Our new dashboard tracks trends in teacher diversity & shows which prep programs are diversifying the workforce. 📊 bit.ly/3BfKpYP

ALL students benefit from having teachers of color—and the impact is especially powerful for students of color. But to build a more diverse teaching force, we need clear and accessible data. I’m excited to share @NCTQ’s new Teacher Diversity Dashboard! Think of this tool like a rearview mirror—helping policymakers, teacher prep faculty, researchers, and edu advocates track trends over time—and as a roadmap showing which prep programs are contributing toward a more diverse workforce. Here’s an example of a dashboard query using my home state of Massachusetts. See those diverging green and blue lines on the graph? That tells us that the diversity of working-age adults with degrees in MA is outpacing the diversity of our teacher workforce. In other words: Black and brown adults in MA who could be teachers are increasingly opting out (or they are leaving the classroom). It’s our job to reverse this trend, by making the profession more attractive and strengthening our pipeline for teachers of color. After you select your state in the dashboard, scroll down to see which teacher prep programs are helping to diversify your state’s teacher workforce (and which are making it whiter). teacherdiversity.nctq.org/dashboard/

We at @NCTQ are also feeling this frustration. Here's hoping our friends at @usedgov are able to restore this public resource quickly! I'm thinking about my SEA friends and the effort that goes into providing this info to the feds, only for it to be inaccessible for nearly a year

Heads up, fellow edu data wonks: Take caution with new Title II demographic figures. The race/ethnicity export data seem to match the wrong institutions. Here's an example 👇

States, Districts, Prep Programs: @NCTQ's new Clinical Practice Action Guide is loaded with examples of strategies your peers are using to provide high-quality clinical experiences for the next generation of great teachers. Take a look!

NCTQ's new Clinical Practice Action Guide is here! You know how a first-time marathon runner needs a solid game plan and a good coach to make it to the finish line? It's the same for aspiring teachers! They need quality clinical practice to help them be successful on Day 1. 👇

Are you skilled at collecting and analyzing data to surface actionable insights? Immersed in K-12 teacher policy? Committed to giving students equitable access to great teachers? Come work for NCTQ! We're hiring a remote Research Analyst. Apply now: bit.ly/2CUbK11

Staggeringly terrible call from @BostonSchools to cancel the last day of school the afternoon before (and after many schools had been dismissed for the day)! Kids and teachers left without proper goodbyes and families left scrambling for childcare. Game 5 was Monday. Ridiculous.

Every aspiring teacher deserves a warm welcome into the profession. Prep programs, districts, and states can make that happen. Check out @NCTQ's new Clinical Practice Framework for more.

@retired_super It’d be hard to find a quality literacy screener that isn’t predictive of MCAS, so I’m not sure I see your point. Whether you think it’s a crisis or something less, I’m for any effort that increases the likelihood that kids have strong materials in their classrooms.

@RonNobleJr Show me the data that says MA has a literacy crisis! And don’t quote MCAS. We both know MCAS is not designed to measure a students literacy. #manufacturedcrisis

Excited about Literacy Launch! Let’s keep the momentum going by protecting all MA kids from low quality curriculum that relies on strategies debunked decades ago. MA legislators: act now! I’ve seen the power of strong materials as a parent and instructional leader.

Casting the proposed bill as one-size-fits-all is disingenuous. The bill is basic consumer protection. Taking poor options off the table still leaves plenty on the menu for districts and teachers to make great choices for their kids.

Early literacy in grade school begins with scientifically based reading instruction in teacher prep programs so students can be proficient readers. Learn more in a new blog from @NCTQ's @RonNobleJr edtru.st/3SDQofN