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Greenhouse Schools
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Teachers matter.
Nothing our schools can do to give every child a great education matters more than giving them great teachers. Ending educational inequality starts with providing excellent teachers to the students who need them most.
2012 Fishman Prize Winners
We're thrilled to announce the first four winners of The Fishman Prize! The prize honors exceptional public school teachers with $25,000 and summer residency.
More » Teaching Fellows
TNTP’s Teaching Fellows programs streamline the path to teaching for talented professionals and college graduates. Since 2000, 26,000 Fellows have begun teaching where they’re needed most.
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Research shows that new teachers trained and certified by TNTP Academy outperform even experienced teachers in raising student achievement in core content areas.
More »Teachers are professionals.
They deserve a profession that expects excellence – and school leaders who offer honest assessments of their strengths and weaknesses, helpful feedback, and a commitment to their development.
Greenhouse Schools
What kind of school culture retains top teachers and improves student learning? What do those principals do differently? Greenhouse Schools explores lessons from outstanding schools nationwide.
More » Teacher Talent Toolbox
An open-source library of proven resources for building a thriving teaching team. Download more than 250 free tools from innovative schools, districts and states around the country.
More » Instructional Culture Insight
It’s clear that great schools foster great teaching, but it’s less clear how to create that environment. Insight helps principals and district leaders understand and improve school culture in concrete ways.
More »Teachers need support.
For more teachers to be successful, everything that influences teacher quality – from policies at the state and federal level to the systems used in districts every day – must prioritize and support effective teaching.
'MET' Made Simple
TNTP outlines key findings of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) initiative, and provides implementation recommendations for policymakers.
More » Teacher Experience
For decades, schools have assumed that more years in the classroom means better teaching. But research is mixed: while teacher experience helps, it doesn’t guarantee excellence.
More » Teacher Evaluation 2.0
Evaluation 2.0 proposes six design standards that any rigorous and fair teacher evaluation system should meet in order to become a useful tool for teachers and school leaders.
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