Teachers or 'widgets'?

St. Paul, Minn. — Effective teachers are the key to student success. Yet school systems treat all teachers as interchangeable parts, not professionals, according to The New Teacher Project, an organization dedicated to changing the way teachers' performance is evaluated.

Guests

• Daniel Weisberg: Vice president for policy at the New Teacher Project. He's one of the authors of the report, "The Widget Effect."
• Lynn Nordgren: President, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers.
• Thomas Toch: Co-director of Education Sector, an education think tank. He has studied and written about how teachers are evaluated.

Resources

• Widget Effect
• The New Teacher Project
• Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
• About Thomas Toch