What Makes a Good Teacher?

Dan Heath gives some reflections on a recent article in the Atlantic which he highly recommends. He notes:

For years, people have speculated about what makes a great teacher.

But now there is data. It has been gathered painstakingly by Teach For America for over a decade, and it covers hundreds of thousands of kids. TFA linked the test scores of students to their teachers, so that TFA can spot patterns in the data: Which teachers are causing big boosts in the kids’ scores–for instance, advancing them by three grade levels in one year? And what traits do those star teachers have in common?

He goes into a few pieces of that data in his post, and recommends the full article for more.

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February 12, 2010 | Filed Under Education | 3 Comments 

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3 Responses to “What Makes a Good Teacher?”

  1. What Makes a Great Teacher? – The Atlantic (January/February 2010) « mgpcpastor’s blog on February 12th, 2010 7:06 am

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  2. rob on February 12th, 2010 7:57 am

    the link to the full article has some extra stuff in it… so it’s sort of broken

  3. JC on February 17th, 2010 9:53 pm

    Now I really want to read Teaching As Leadership! Thanks again, Matt! Your blog is very helpful.

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