NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Haycock, Kati; Crawford, Candace – Educational Leadership, 2008
Schools and districts rarely have a fair distribution of teacher talent. Poor children and black children are less likely to be taught by the strongest teachers and more likely to be taught by the weakest. Several districts have implemented programs to reduce the teacher quality gap. Hamilton County, Tennessee, launched an initiative that included…
Descriptors: African American Students, Equal Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Physicians
Phelps, Margaret S.; Wright, Jill D. – 1986
A mediated peer coaching program implemented in rural Middle Tennessee in 1984-85 was designed to improve classroom instruction within the constraints imposed by poor, rural schools. Participants were 35 teachers in 9 rural schools, each assigned to a peer coaching team consisting of teachers in the same school but with different grade and/or…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems