Evaluating Teachers AND Administrators

Education Next - Eric A. Hanushek "Parallel attention to administrator [...]

November 26th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Principal, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teachers and Principals Confused by Lousiana’s Eval System

Education News - Julia Lawrence "Soon, a more stringent teacher [...]

November 25th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Louisiana, New Orleans, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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L.A.’s revamped teacher evaluation system getting mixed grades

The L.A. Times - Teresa Watanabe and Stephen Ceasar "Teachers [...]

November 25th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Children, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, Los Angeles, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Training, Pay Incentives Help Curb High School Teacher Turnover

U.S. News- Kelsey Sheehy "Recruiting and retaining top teaching talent [...]

November 20th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Salary, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New L.A. teachers too often placed with neediest students, study finds

The L.A. Times - Teresa Watanabe "A new study has [...]

November 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Los Angeles, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Blended PD Emphasizes Differentiated Instruction

Education Week - Robin Flanigan "Whether such training comes from [...]

November 13th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Evaluations, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning

NPR - Alix Spiegel "Stigler is now a professor of [...]

November 12th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Asia, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Education, Japan, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Education groups deploy for teacher training

The Advocate - Capitol News Bureau "Officials of two education [...]

November 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Louisiana, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Guest column: Facing History hones kids’ sense of duty

Commercial Appeal - Margot Stern Strom "The need is urgent [...]

November 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, History, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teaching, Tennessee, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Setting Students Up for Success

Education Next - Rebecca Friedman with Chavi Abramson "Students need [...]

November 10th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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