Education News Nuggets
For those of you anxious to hear the decision on whether NYC's Department of Education will be required to release teacher performance data, kee
For those of you anxious to hear the decision on whether NYC's Department of Education will be required to release teacher performance data, kee
?Things we've intuitively known, or thought about, or wished for about teacher effectiveness?there's some empirical evidence that they are valid.? Vicki Phillips, Director of Education Programs, Gates Foundation
???Things we've intuitively known, or thought about, or wished for about teacher effectiveness???there's some empirical evidence that they are valid.??? Vicki Phillips, Director of Education Programs, Gates Foundation
I recently finished reading Frederick M. Hess's new-ish book, The Same Thing Over and Over, and found myself envisioning education policy as a bar full of drunks.
Florida's governor-elect, Rick Scott, was in my hometown on Thursday, speaking to a crowd at an evangelical church, when, according to St. Petersburg Times reporter Ron Matus, he said this:
This week the Cleveland Plain Dealer announced that the district and teachers union will begin working on a new teacher evaluation that will include ?evidence of student learning.?
Last summer it was the cheating scandal that ?haunts? Atlanta's schools chief, as reports of widespread efforts by teachers to change test scores mounted.