DENVER'S PROFESSIONAL COMPENSATION SYSTEM
www.denverprocomp.org/
Denver Public Schools designed and implemented an ambitious salary system to reward educators for demonstrating gains in student achievement. What began as a four-year pilot project, with full support of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA), has become a system-wide salary schedule known as "ProComp" that rewards high-performing teachers. In March 2004, the DCTA and the school board approved the systemic teacher compensation system. In November 2005, Denver voters approved a $25 million mill levy to fund the compensation system. To date, 1,700 DPS teachers--nearly half of the district's teaching force--have opted in to the ProComp system. The Broad Foundation has supported the development and implementation of ProComp since the pilot phase.

HOUSTON'S PAY FOR PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
www.houstonisd.org
The Houston Independent School District is in its third year of implementing the nation's largest pay for performance program for teachers, administrators and other school-based personnel. The program rewards educators based on their ability to improve student achievement on state proficiency tests. This program is at the core of the district strategy to focus the entire district on driving achievement gains. The program is also supported by a federal Teacher Incentive Fund grant.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
www.educ.msu.edu/broadpartnership/
The Broad Foundation is the major supporter of a scholarship program to encourage highly talented graduates of Detroit Public Schools to attend Michigan State University's (MSU) five-year teacher preparation program. Students who accept the scholarship commit to teach in Detroit Public Schools upon completion of the program.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
www.talentedteachers.org
The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET), implements the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) in school districts across the United States. The TAP program is a research-based school improvement effort to attract, retain and motivate teachers. The program consists of four key elements: multiple career paths; ongoing, applied professional development; instructionally-focused accountability; and performance-based compensation. The Broad Foundation supports the implementation of TAP in two large urban school districts: Chicago Public Schools and Minneapolis Public Schools.

PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE AND THE URBAN INSTITUTE
www.hepg.org/hep/book/5
The Urban Institute's Jane Hannaway and Education Sector's Andrew Rotherham co-edited a groundbreaking book entitled "Collective Bargaining in Education: Negotiating Change in Today's Schools." The book brings together a wide range of thoughtful perspectives on the role played by the collective bargaining process and teachers unions in education. The book, funded in part by The Broad Foundation, was published by Harvard University Press.

BIOGRAPHY OF ALBERT SHANKER
www.amazon.com/Tough-Liberal-Shanker-Battles-Democracy/dp/0231134967
Called "a gripping portrait" by Publishers Weekly, "Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy, A Biography on the Extraordinary Accomplishments and Challenges of the Late Union Leader Albert Shanker" was released in 2007 with high acclaim. The Broad Foundation supported the efforts of Richard Kahlenberg, senior fellow at The Century Foundation, to research and write the book, now available for purchase on Amazon.com.

TEACH FOR AMERICA
www.teachforamerica.org
The Broad Foundation is a major supporter of Teach For America's efforts to broaden and deepen its growing teaching corps and alumni program in large urban school districts across the country. Teach For America corps members teach in schools in 26 regional sites, 19 of which are in urban areas. Since 1990, more than 17,000 corps members have committed to teach two years in low-income rural and urban communities. The Broad Foundation has committed $10 million to Teach For America's 2006-2010 national growth plan, and recently made an investment in the expansion of Teach For America's New Orleans corps.

UFT CHARTER SCHOOL INITIATIVE
www.uft.org/chapter/charter/
The Broad Foundation supports the start up of the United Federation of Teachers' (UFT) first union-run charter schools in New York City. The UFT Elementary Charter School opened its doors in the fall of 2005 with 150 students in kindergarten and first grade, and it will grow one grade per year until it serves students from kindergarten through fifth grade. The UFT Secondary Charter School opened in Fall 2006, serving sixth grade students, and it will add a grade each year until it serves students from grades six through 12.