What is it about?
This paper reviews all best-evidence studies of professional development and examines patterns that account for which approaches are relatively more or less successful
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Why is it important?
Districts spend millions each year on professional development without evidence that these programs benefit teachers or their students. This study offers a way to sort through the maze of programs and finding those that are most likely to be helpful
Perspectives
Districts waste a lot of money on professional development. As a field, we need to get better at sorting out useful vs not-so-useful programs.
Dr Mary M. Kennedy
Michigan State University
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This page is a summary of: How Does Professional Development Improve Teaching?, Review of Educational Research, February 2016, American Educational Research Association (AERA),
DOI: 10.3102/0034654315626800.
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