How Useful is Teacher Professional Development?

Education News - R.A. Johnston "School districts invest heavily in [...]

February 19th, 2013|Categories: Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Deasy wants 30% of teacher evaluations based on test scores

The Los Angeles Times - Howard Blume "L.A. schools Supt. [...]

February 16th, 2013|Categories: Accountability, California, Education, Los Angeles, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teachers’ Ratings Still High Despite New Measures

Education Week - Stephen Sawchuk "Those results, among the first [...]

February 10th, 2013|Categories: Education, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Class sizes, salaries concern teachers

The Deseret News - Todd Dvorak "A new survey commissioned [...]

February 5th, 2013|Categories: Current Events, Education, Idaho, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Salary, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Union Backs ‘Bar Exam’ For Teachers

NPR - Claudio Sanchez "The system for preparing and licensing [...]

February 3rd, 2013|Categories: Accountability, Current Events, News, Teacher, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Los Angeles teachers agree to student test scores in evaluations

Reuters - Alex Dobuzinskis "Teachers in Los Angeles have agreed [...]

January 20th, 2013|Categories: Accountability, California, Education, Los Angeles, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teaching|Tags: Education, schools|

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Sweeping education reform approved in Mexico

Education Week - AP "A plan to overhaul Mexico's public [...]

January 17th, 2013|Categories: Mexico, Public School, Reform, Teacher Evaluations|Tags: Education, School|

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How to keep talented teachers from leaving

Yahoo - Eric Klinenberg and Caitlin Zaloom "New teachers face [...]

January 15th, 2013|Categories: Teacher, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Salary, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teachers’ pay rises to be based on performance, Michael Gove confirms

The Guardians - Peter Walker "Performance-related pay for teachers will [...]

January 15th, 2013|Categories: England, Great Britain (UK), Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Salary, Teaching|Tags: Education, schools|

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Combined Measures Better at Gauging Teacher Effectiveness, Study Finds

Education Week - Stephen Sawchuk "Student feedback, test-score growth calculations, [...]

January 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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