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Faculty Director Thomas Kane’s research highlighted in a recent Ray Fisman article for Slate

Fisman’s article Hot for the Wrong Teachers: Why are Public Schools so Bad at Hiring Good Instructors? discusses Kane’s examination of teachers hired in Los Angeles following the state-mandated reduction in class size.

Education Week discusses PPIE research on National Board Certification

A new Education Week article discusses including a teacher’s student gains in the National Board Certification process. The article Study Urges National Board to Weigh Student Gains draws on a recent paper by Faculty Director Thomas Kane, Executive Director Jon Fullerton, and co-authors: National Board Certification and Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence from a Random Assignment Experiment.

Faculty Director Thomas Kane paper discussed by Alan Greenspan

In chapter 21 “Education and Inequality (pp. 450-451) of The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, Alan Greenspan discusses the results of The Hamilton Project paper “ Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the Job,” which was coauthored by PPIE Faculty Director Thomas Kane.

Faculty Director Thomas Kane quoted by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert

In the op-ed piece “Our Schools Must Do Better,” October 2, 2007, columnist Bob Herbert refers to an interview with PPIE Faculty Director Thomas Kane.  Go to New York Times Opinion page for the full piece.

Data Partnerships for Policy Innovation Conference

On May 3rd and 4th, PPIEs inaugural Data Partnerships for Policy Innovation Conference took place in Cambridge, MA.  Key staff from school districts from across the country collaborated with researchers from Harvard and other institutions to develop research projects with practical implications for improving student achievement.  Prospective projects discussed included designing performance-based evaluations for teachers, developing and validating school quality measures, and evaluating methods for principal and school leadership.

Faculty Director Thomas Kane on NPR’s “On Point with Tom Ashbrook”

In a segment entitled “Teachers and Education Politics,” PPIE’s faculty director Tom Kane joined host Tom Ashbrook to talk about teacher preparation, tenure, and quality. Eli Broad, founder of The Broad Foundation, and Antonia Cortese, Executive Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers, joined the discussion.  To listen to the show or download a transcript, go to On Point Radio Show archives.

Faculty Director Thomas Kane “Up Front” in Ed. Magazine

Ed. Magazine, The Magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, featured PPIE Faculty Director Tom Kane and his research on teacher certification.  To read the full article, go to Ed. Magazine’s Up Front.