New board designed to improve teacher quality, pupil results

The Sydney Morning Herald - Josephine Tovey "The NSW Board [...]

September 23rd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Australia, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching|Tags: Education, schools|

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Study: Teach for America grads could be the best teachers

USA Today - Cara Newlon "A large-scale, random assignment study [...]

September 14th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Report: Race to the Top isn’t delivering big results

Washington Post - Valerie Strauss "The Obama administration’s signature education [...]

September 12th, 2013|Categories: Education, Funding, Obama, Reform, Teacher Evaluations|Tags: Education, School|

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All or Nothing on Teacher Accountability

Education Next - Michael Petrilli Either policymakers need to combine [...]

August 31st, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why I’m for the Common Core: Teacher Bashing and Common Core Bashing Are Both Uncalled for

The HUffington Post - E. D. Hirsch, Jr. "When I'm [...]

August 27th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Encouraging News About Improving Teacher Preparation

Education News - Joe Nathan "Here’s encouraging news as Minnesotans [...]

August 26th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Charter School, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teacher's Aide, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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7 things teachers want you to know

USA Today - Eric Sheninger "As the new school year [...]

August 25th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Principal, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Americans’ confidence rising in public school teachers, poll finds

The Christian Science Monitor - Patrik Jonsson "Public school teachers [...]

August 25th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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As charter schools come of age, measuring their success is tricky

The Hechinger Report - Sarah Butrymowicz "In many states, scores [...]

August 22nd, 2013|Categories: Accountability, Charter School, Education, Reform, States, Teacher Evaluations|Tags: Education, School|

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New York City Teacher Training Programs Graded on Quality

Education News - Julia Lawrence "Teacher training colleges in New [...]

August 20th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, New York, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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