This manuscript is a review and critical analysis of professional learning communities
(PLCs) research using 13 empirical international studies. Our findings confirm what previous …

Most research and practice in teacher in-service learning focuses on formal professional
development activities. This article calls for paying greater attention to the informal …

This study draws upon survey and administrative data on over 9,000 teachers in 336 Miami-
Dade County public schools over 2 years to investigate the kinds of collaborations that exist …

Professional learning communities (PLCs) are being recognized as effective in improving
teacher collaboration and student achievement. Trust is critical in effectively implementing …

As accountability systems have increased demands for evidence of student learning, the use
of data in education has become more prevalent in many countries. Although school and …

One of the central lessons from research on data use in schools and school districts is that
assessments, student tests, and other forms of data are only as good as how they are used …

Abstract The Science Teachers Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) project is a
videobased analysis‐of‐practice PD program aimed at improving teacher and student …

As a result of the frustration with the dominant “What Works” paradigm of large-scale
research-based improvement, practitioners, researchers, foundations, and policymakers are …

For several historical and cultural reasons, the United States has long pursued a strategy of
improving teaching by improving teachers. The rarely questioned logic underlying this …

To understand how teacher education might build the knowledge it needs, the editors of this
issue investigate how organizations outside of education create and maintain “self …