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Adventures in Professional Development

Adventures in Professional Development

Everybody does it, nobody likes it, and it's hard to know if it works. What's going on?

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Andrew Ordover
Sep 21, 2024
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The State of Things

According to TNTP’s 2015 report, “The Mirage,” the largest 50 school districts in the U.S. were (as of 2011-2012) devoting at least $8 billion annually to teacher professional development. More recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics seems to confirm this figure, showing that public schools spend about 1% of thei…

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