Seeking insatiable teachers

Apply to the Fishman Prize for $25,000 and a summer residency with TNTP

Smarter retention at work

What’s keeping Irreplaceable teachers in DCPS classrooms

Great teaching changes lives

Apply by Dec. 10 to become a Teaching Fellows for kids who need great teachers most

Keeping Irreplaceables in D.C. Public Schools

How D.C. Public Schools is keeping more of their best teachers in the classroom.

Washington Post

DC retains more its best teachers than its worst.

New York Times

School cultures do not value excellence in teaching.

Teachers matter.

Nothing our schools can do to give every child a great education matters more than giving them great teachers. Ending educational inequality starts with providing excellent teachers to the students who need them most.

2013 Fishman Prize

The 2013 Fishman Prize is now accepting applications. Five extraordinary teachers will win $25,000, summer residency with TNTP, and a chance to have their voices heard. Apply by Dec. 3.

DCPS Irreplaceables

District of Columbia Public Schools is the first large school district in the country to implement smarter retention strategies in order to keep "Irreplaceables" - their very best teachers - in the classroom

Teaching Fellows

TNTP’s Teaching Fellows programs streamline the path to teaching for talented professionals and college graduates. Since 2000, 26,000 Fellows have begun teaching where they’re needed most.

Teachers are professionals.

They deserve a profession that expects excellence – and school leaders who offer honest assessments of their strengths and weaknesses, helpful feedback, and a commitment to their development.

Irreplaceables: Tips for Principals

This one-page supplement to The Irreplaceables lists five practical steps most school leaders can take to keep more great teachers, without any changes in policies, contracts or laws, and at no cost.

Greenhouse Schools

What kind of school culture retains top teachers and improves student learning? What do those principals do differently? Greenhouse Schools explores lessons from outstanding schools nationwide.

Teacher Talent Toolbox

An open-source library of proven resources for building a thriving teaching team. Download more than 250 free tools from innovative schools, districts and states around the country.

Teachers need support.

For more teachers to be successful, everything that influences teacher quality – from policies at the state and federal level to the systems used in districts every day – must prioritize and support effective teaching.

'MET' Made Simple

TNTP outlines key findings of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) initiative, and provides implementation recommendations for policymakers.

Teacher Experience

For decades, schools have assumed that more years in the classroom means better teaching. But research is mixed: while teacher experience helps, it doesn’t guarantee excellence.

Teacher Evaluation 2.0

Evaluation 2.0 proposes six design standards that any rigorous and fair teacher evaluation system should meet in order to become a useful tool for teachers and school leaders.