Denver South High School math teacher Megan Lawson says the Common Core State…
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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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by Donna Krache, CNN
(CNN) Sequestration: The word strikes fear in the hearts of school boards…
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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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What High-School Students Should Learn About Race
“Americans, especially white Americans, don’t like to talk about race,” says University of Massachusetts professor Lawrence Blum in this thoughtful Harvard Education Letter article. “Many Americans think we are in a ‘postracial’ society, partly because a black man is president, so they don’t need to give much thought to race anymore. This view is completely and deeply…
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What Questions Reveal About a Leader’s Mindset
In this Wharton Leadership Digest article, Marilee Adams (American University) distinguishes between “judger” and “learner” questions and says they make a significant difference to the quality of a meeting. Here are some judger questions:
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