April 29, 2013 via StarTribune

Don’t delay Minnesota’s teacher evaluations

Two years ago, the Legislature wisely decided to require that all Minnesota school districts evaluate teachers and include some measures of student performance in those evaluations. The law called for a task force to develop a model that district leaders could use if they were unable to come up with one that lived up to state criteria. Full article

March 20, 2013 via TwinCities.com

Lessons of teacher bonus program a chance to learn

Did Minnesota get the results it wanted from the "Quality Compensation," or Q-Comp, pay-for- performance system for teachers? Full article

March 20, 2013 via Minnesota Public Radio

Teachers facing achievement gap try cross-race connections

ST. PAUL, Minn. — All the bleak statistics about Minnesota's achievement gap became personal to fifth-grade teacher Jen Engel, when she realized that gap was playing out in her own classroom. Full article

March 16, 2013 via TwinCities.com

If most teachers get a bonus, does Minnesota’s Q-Comp system work?

Minnesota's pioneering teacher pay-for-performance system has grown into one that awards a bonus to nearly every teacher who participates. Full article

March 13, 2013 via MSR News Online

Effective educational systems encourage students to dream

I remember it clearly. I was a senior in high school facing the daunting question all seniors have to answer: What was I going to do with my life? What legacy did I want to leave behind? Full article