Press Releases

Bill Would Overhaul Definition of Professional Development to Ensure Focus on Continuous Improvement DALLAS—May 11, 2010—The National Staff Development Council (NSDC), the nation’s largest organization dedicated solely to improving our […]

DALLAS–March 31, 2010– Maryland State Department of Education and National Staff Development Council jointly released today a resource guide for assisting schools and districts to evaluate the impact of teacher […]

MetLife Survey findings confirm importance of collaborative professional learning DALLAS–March 24, 2010– Key findings of the annual MetLife survey underscore that continuous professional development occurring in a collaborative manner is vital […]

Second report in MetLife survey released DALLAS–March 11, 2010–-Yesterday the MetLife Foundation released the second of three reports from this year’s MetLife Survey of the American Teacher. This report, Part 2: Student […]

DALLAS–March 11, 2010–The National Staff Development Council has received a $200,000 grant from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to promote effective professional learning and improve student achievement in high schools. […]

Standards, multiple sources of data, teacher collaboration deemed essential DALLAS-March 3, 2010-Findings from a newly released survey of more than 40,000 American teachers emphasize the need to advance NSDC’s new […]