TeacherSolutions is a new initiative designed to amplify the voices of expert teachers in national education policy debates. Its inaugural work will focus on professional compensation and the teacher "pay-for-performance" proposals now being heavily debated in states and school districts across the United States. The TeacherSolutions model brings together a diverse cross-section of accomplished American teachers who work in teams to carefully examine critical issues facing public education and offer solutions based on their deep understanding of teaching and learning and how schools really work.

In its first venture, TeacherSolutions has assembled eighteen Teaching Policy Consultants who will search for the most effective ways to link professional compensation to teacher and student performance. The first TeacherSolutions team includes six state teachers of the year, four winners of the Milken National Educator of the Year award, two Presidential Award recipients, a recent winner of the National Outstanding Young Educator of the Year award, and other nationally recognized educators. Fourteen team members have also earned certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.