Some New Teacher Evaluation Systems Do Make a Difference

Education Next - Thomas Toch "When Education Next paired my [...]

March 22nd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Getting a Grasp on One of the Most Critical — and Least Studied — Decisions in Education: Teacher Hiring

The 74 Million - Kathy Moore "For every teacher who [...]

March 8th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Obama budget pushes for better training for teachers

The Hechinger Report - Jackie Mader "The Obama administration is [...]

February 21st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Obama, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Should How Teachers Develop ‘Grit’ and ‘Growth Mindset’ Be Better Reflected in Teacher Evaluations?

Education World - Nicole Gorman "New research from Brown University [...]

February 21st, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Grit, Growth Mindset, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Guided Reading: How to Organize the Chaos

Ed Surge - Irma De La Guardia "Guided reading has [...]

February 15th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, Reading Difficulties, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why the U.S. government doesn’t have a teacher discipline database

USA Today - Steve Reilly "In 1997, West Virginia fifth-grade [...]

February 15th, 2016|Categories: Accountability, Current Events, Education, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Ready for Day One? Maybe not: What two new reports show about teacher preparation

The Hechinger Report - Ashley Libetti Mitchel "Is it possible [...]

February 5th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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A Radically Sensible Proposal for Training Teachers: Make it Easier to Enter, Harder to Stay

The 74 Million - Matt Barnum "For decades, efforts to [...]

February 2nd, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Between the ears: Basic ideas from cognitive science not reaching teachers

The Seattle Times - John Higgins "When doctors see patients [...]

January 24th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Cognitive Development, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Report urges sustained teacher training to improve science education

Ed Source - Theresa Harrington "Many teachers are not well-prepared [...]

January 23rd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Advancement, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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