From Barnett Berry's Desk

Building the Teaching Profession - A Weblog
Barnett Berry offers his knowledge of and opinions on America's efforts to build a real teaching profession in his weblog.

Barnett Berry, President and CEO
Barnett Berry is the President and CEO of the Center for Teaching Quality, Inc., based in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The Center seeks to close the student achievement gap by closing the teaching quality gap. As a former high school teacher Barnett leads a research-based advocacy organization dedicated to cultivating teacher leadership and conducting research that can transform the teaching profession. In 2003, he created the Teacher Leaders Network -- a dynamic virtual community -- whose purpose is to elevate the voices of expert teachers when it comes to policy debates regarding their profession and the students they serve.
 
Barnett also has worked as a social scientist at the RAND Corporation, served as a senior executive with the South Carolina State Department of Education and directed an education policy center while he was a professor at the University of South Carolina. He has authored numerous academic and trade publications. He serves on several boards and in an advisory capacity to numerous organizations committed to teaching quality, equity and social justice in America's schools.

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SELECTED WORKS AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Lessons from Networking (A feature article by Barnett Berry, Ann Byrd, and John Norton in Educational Leadership, Vol. 64, No 1, September 2007)

The Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind: Views from the Nation's Best Teachers (A collaborative report with the voices of the Teacher Leaders Network, September, 2007)

Linking Teacher and Student Data to Improve Teacher and Teaching Quality (A report prepared for the National Center for Educational Accountability, Data Quality Campaign, March 2007)

Highly Qualified Teachers for All (An article by Linda Darling-Hammond and Barnett Berry in Education Leadership, Vol 64, No 3, November 2006)

Invest in great teachers (A special by Barnett Berry published in the News & Observer, September 2006)

Learn From the Masters (An article by Barnett Berry and John Norton published in Edutopia, June 2006)

Opening Classroom Doors With Teachers Who Can Teach (A response by Barnett Berry to Nicholas Kristof's opinion piece, submitted to the New York Times, April 2006)

Why We Do Not Support New Teachers - and What Can Be Done About It (An essay on induction by Barnett Berry, May 2006)

Teacher Quality and the Question of Preparation (Commentary by Barnett Berry in Education Week, Vol 25, No. 8, Pages 32, 34-35. Free registration required.)

The Power of Teacher Leadership (An article by Barnett Berry, Dylan Johnson and Diana Montgomery in Education Leadership, Vol. 62, No. 5, pages 56-60. Read the abstract or purchase the article.)

The Good High School Teacher (By Barnett Berry, Prepared for the North Carolina New School Project)

Recruiting and Retaining National Board Certified Teachers for Hard-to-Staff, Low-Performing Schools: Silver Bullets or Smart Solutions (A policy paper by Barnett Berry and Tammy King)

Closing the Student Achievement Gap by Closing the Teaching Quality Gap: Reframing the Debate (A research brief presented at the National Education Association Visiting Scholars Series by Barnett Berry, April 2005)

Taking Action to Improve Teaching Quality: Addressing Shortcomings in the Teaching Commission Report (A response to Teaching at Risk: A Call to Action by the Teaching Commission)