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Several years ago, I happened to be visiting a third grade reading class in a suburban, middle class school. The teacher, I will call her Ms. Fields, had just been named…
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Among the many responsibilities that you have, overseeing the vision of a school district that seeks high achievement for all students is…
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When Evaluating Teachers, What Works Best, High-Tech or Low-Tech?
In this Education Week article, Kim Marshall argues that when principals, assistant principals, and department heads supervise teachers, using laptops, tablets, and smartphones isn’t always the best approach. Here’s Marshall’s take on what works best in each of the four components of teacher supervision:
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Spurred by awards of federal funding under the Race to the Top competition, many states are adopting teacher-evaluation systems with…
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(CNN) Sequestration: The word strikes fear in the hearts of school boards…
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Written by Megan Lawson on Nov 15th, 2012.
Denver South High School math teacher Megan Lawson says the Common Core State…
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By Greg Hutko
This recent Pew study—the first in a series of three on the role of technology in the classroom—investigates how the Internet has affected middle school and high school students’ research skills and strategies. While this survey of 2,500 AP and National Writing Project teachers (presumably those in the most advanced classrooms) does offer a peek into this complicated issue, the window remains…
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By Andrew Saraf
What happens when teachers drop out? Conventional wisdom has long said that the costs associated with such transitions (e.g., the loss of routine and the loss of an experienced teacher) harm student achievement. Yet the leading research on this topic concludes otherwise: In 2010, Eric Hanushek and Steven…
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When asked what was the greatest threat a statesman might face, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is said to have replied, "Events, dear boy, events."
Hurricane…
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Problems with Value-Added Teacher Evaluation in Secondary Schools
In this Education Week article, Stephen Sawchuk reports on two new studies that question the accuracy of value-added teacher evaluation in middle and high schools. What undermines the validity of value-added data, say the studies, is students being grouped by achievement. Value-added analysis compares a statistical estimate of students’ projected growth with…
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