Group Launches Reform Effort Focused on Teacher Quality

The Texas Tribune - Morgan Smith "A report released Wednesday, [...]

December 19th, 2012|Categories: Reform, Teacher, Teacher Training, Teaching, Texas|Tags: Education, School|

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Top education news of 2012: From ethnic-based benchmarks to STEM visa

Voxxi - Hope Gillette "Education news made a number of [...]

December 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Childhood Obesity, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teacher's Aide, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teachers say they don’t feel prepared to teach new Common Core standards before April state exams

The New York Daily News - Corinne Lestch "Teachers across [...]

December 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, New York, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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State Chiefs to Examine Teacher Prep, Licensing

Education Week - Stephen Sawchuk "Twenty-five state schools chiefs are [...]

December 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Salary, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Council puts finishing touches on revamped teacher evaluation system

The Las Vegas Sun- Paul Takahashi "A state-level committee on [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Education, Las Vegas, Learning, Nevada, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Salary, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Could Competency- Based Learning Save the Common Core?

Education Next - Michael B. Horn "Having common standards across [...]

December 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Training, Teaching|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teachers leaning in favor of reforms

The Washington Post - Jay Mathews "Two new surveys show [...]

December 9th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teacher Salary, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Is a Teacher, Employer Skills Mismatch Driving Unemployment?

Education News - Julia Lawrence "While the unemployment rate for [...]

December 8th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Jobs, Learning, News, Skills, Skills Gap, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.), Workforce|Tags: Education, schools|

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Long Beach Charter School Models Learning on “Intellectual Virtues”

89.3 KPCC-Southern California Public Radio - Adolfo Guzman-Lopez "Long Beach [...]

December 7th, 2012|Categories: California, Charter School, Critical Thinking, Public School, Skills, Teacher, Teacher Training, Teaching|Tags: Education, School|

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Florida releases first report on test-driven teacher evaluations

The Miami Herald - LAURA ISENSEE AND MICHAEL VASQUEZ "Three [...]

December 6th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Education, Florida, Learning, Miami, News, Teacher, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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