Through education reform, there has been a greater push for higher teaching standards. While some school districts are choosing to let go of underperforming educators, others are looking into unconventional training approaches.

Brick Avon Academy in New Jersey is embarking on a teacher training program that has educators getting pointers from their students, according to The New York Times. This training program is being implemented in 19 underperforming schools in the Newark area and is run by the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, a nonprofit organization based in New York.

"The more they can tell you about what interests them, what motivates them, the more you can gear the lesson to their needs," Wanda Davis, a science teacher, told the news provider.

The source reports that similar teacher-student programs have been implemented in areas of California, Connecticut and Indiana.

Improving teacher quality appears to be a national trend. Education reform has been a huge topic in the academic world since the inception of the Race to the Top initiative. States can compete for additional funding to their school systems if they show an adequate effort to reform.

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