Future of Teaching Teaching Stars: Transforming the Education Profession The New Zealand Initiative, 2014 This is the third report from the New Zealand Initiative, a public policy think tank, investigating the main issues in international attempts to develop effective teaching, raise student achievement, and foster a top-performing teaching profession. Policy recommendations include: Create a compelling and aspirational career structure; Pay on performance, not time served; Make entry to teaching selective and post-graduate; Improve teacher training; Create alternative routes into teaching; and Identify future leaders early and prepare them better. Partnerships Teachers Unions and Management Partnerships: How Working Together Improves Student Achievement Center for American Progress, 2014 his research sheds light on the impact that union-management partnerships and teacher collaboration can have on student performance. To create