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The Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy investigates efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning, the teacher workforce, and the systems of support for teachers’ work, in various contexts and at multiple levels of the K-12 educational system.
To that end, Center researchers identify ways that policy actions, leadership, and reform efforts guide, direct, and support teaching and learning, thereby informing and enhancing the quality of learning opportunities in U.S. elementary and secondary schools.
Research highlights
Recent Center Reports
The first two reports of a series emerging from our national Study of Leadership for Learning Improvement have recently been released. The first documents and analyzes learning-focused leadership work in urban schools, and the second examines investment of staffing and other resources in pursuit of an equity-focused improvement agenda.
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Leading for Learning Improvement in Urban Schools
A Research Report in collaboration with The Wallace Foundation by Bradley S. Portin, Michael S. Knapp, Scott Dareff, Sue Feldman, Felice A Russell, Catherine Samuelson & Theresa Ling Yeh, with the assistance of Chrysan Gallucci & Judy Swanson, Oct. 2009.
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How Leaders Invest Staffing Resources for Learning Improvement
A Research Report in collaboration with The Wallace Foundation by Margaret L. Plecki, Michael S. Knapp, Tino Castaneda, Tom Halverson, Robin LaSota, & Chad Lochmiller, October 2009.
Another line of Center research has produced a qualitative examination of support systems created by four districts in Washington state intended to enable general education teachers to work more effectively with ELL students in their classrooms.
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Building Systems of Support for Classroom Teachers Working with Second Language Learners
A Report Prepared for The Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession by Ana M. Elfers, Tom Stritikus, Kristin Percy Calaff, Kerry Soo Von Esch, Audrey Lucero, Michael S. Knapp, & Margaret L. Plecki, July 2009.
About the Center
Established in 1997, the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP) was created as a consortium of several major universities: Stanford University, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Washington (lead institution). One of 12 national research centers, supported by a grant from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) of the United States Department of Education (Award #R308B970003).