Teachers matter.
In the fight to eliminate educational inequality, teachers matter most.
The New Teacher Project works with school districts and states nationwide to ensure that poor and minority students get outstanding teachers.

In Focus

A Smarter Teacher Layoff System
Teacher layoffs are not good for anyone, but “quality-blind” layoff rules based exclusively on seniority make matters worse. TNTP offers an alternative model that would help schools retain their best teachers and reduce the impact on students when layoffs become unavoidable.

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News & Press

New! TNTP-Trained Teachers Earn Top Ratings for Third Year in Louisiana Study

According to a state study, new teachers trained by TNTP showed evidence of being “more effective than experienced teachers” in advancing student academic growth in math, reading, English language arts and science.  More»