Cross-generational learning teams that bring together novice teachers with veteran teachers would address problems at both ends of the teacher pipeline — and benefit student learning at the same time.
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NCTAF acknowledges the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for this new analysis of the SASS data. Richard Ingersoll, professor of education and sociology, University of Pennsylvania, is the lead researcher on the analysis for NCTAF.
