The National Council on Teacher Quality's conference, Help or Hindrance? The Impact of Teacher Roles, Rules and Rights on Teacher Quality, is just days away. Presenting the fruits of a competition to best use NCTQ's database on collective bargaining agreements, the day-long event will feature five original papers and six stupendous judges. Taking the bench are Steven Adamowski (Hartford Superintendent), Jane Hannaway (Urban Institute), Eric Hanushek (Hoover Institution), Susan Moore Johnson (Harvard University), Eugenia Kemble (Albert Shanker Institute), and Donald Langenberg (Chancellor Emeritus, University of Maryland). The illation takes place March 26. Find out more information and register here.