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Leading for Early Success: Building School Principals’ Capacity to Lead High-Quality Early Education

earlychildhoodnewsupdate wrote 4 days ago: 5/2013 Decades of research find that effective school leadership and access to high-quality early ed … more →

Tags: Resource, early learning, Principals

"It Sort of Woke Me Up"

aurorawood wrote 1 week ago: “It Sort of Woke Me Up” Listening to this Science Friday “teacher feature” s … more →

Tags: Teacher effectiveness, Rubrics, Chronicle of Higher Education

Winning the PISA Race – how hard can it be?

margaretpclark wrote 2 weeks ago: The Australian Government has justified expenditure on school funding reforms on the basis of our fa … more →

Tags: Closing the Gap, Assessment, pisa, equity in education, teacher feedback, Gonski Review, Charter Schools, Campbell's Law

Top 5 Myths About TeachFirst18 comments

missmcinerney wrote 2 weeks ago: People inevitably differ on opinions about TeachFirst, the training route for “high-achieving … more →

Please Julia Gillard Don't let Bill Gates Undermine the Work of AITSL

margaretpclark wrote 3 weeks ago: Sub Title:  We must not sacrifice teacher self-reflection and ‘safe’ learning to the god … more →

Tags: AITSL, Minister Garrett, education philanthropy, Philanthropy, Assessment, Neoliberalism and Schooling, Bill Gates, QandA, TEDx

Teacher Quality; Teacher Quantity1 comment

okeducationtruths wrote 1 month ago: This morning’s installment in Oklahoman editorial adventures focuses on teacher quality. What critic … more →

Tags: Oklahoman

Teacher Self Reflection Tools: a double edged sword

margaretpclark wrote 1 month ago: I have been pleasantly surprised with the work the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leade … more →

Tags: AITSL, Education, Assessment, teacher feedback, smart tools for schools, Teacher Professional Standards, 360 feedback, Illustrations of Practice, performativity

Sweet 16: What Matters v. What Should Matter in Teacher Qualities5 comments

plthomasedd wrote 1 month ago: My colleague and social studies educator, George Lipscomb, is offering a May Experience course addre … more →

Tags: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical, Education

George H.W. Obama's education platform: Republicans should be flattered and Democrats ashamed?5 comments

Julian Vasquez Heilig wrote 1 month ago: Mr. President, welcome to Austin! I was looking over your “Forward” education platform a … more →

Tags: Accountability, High Stakes Testing, Standards, Barack Obama, featured 2, is retro, On Education Policy

V for Victory: Teach For America, ELLs, and California2 comments

Julian Vasquez Heilig wrote 1 month ago: Special Education and English Language Learners are considered vulnerable student populations. As a … more →

Tags: English Language Learners, teach for america, Teach For America, tfa, michelle rhee, Dfer, TFA corps members, Ell@s, CTC

TeacherMatch is onto Something

drjosephwise wrote 2 months ago: While we are highlighting improved and expanded uses of technology in schools, I should mention Teac … more →

Tags: preK-12 education, Educational Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Public Education, Race to the Top, Principal Leadership, atlantic research, atlantic research partners, Classroom Instruction

New Teach For America study (and meme) debated in WaPo6 comments

Julian Vasquez Heilig wrote 2 months ago: The debate about the efficacy of Teach For America continued in the Washington Post this past weeken … more →

Tags: teach for america, Teach For America, tfa, Washington Post, Math

Can we get teacher evaluation right?: Bill Gates, Tom Brady, and Linda Darling-Hammond4 comments

Julian Vasquez Heilig wrote 2 months ago: Teacher evaluation is one of the most contentious issues in educational policy today. Here on CI I r … more →

Tags: VAM, Value-added Models, Teacher Evaluation, Bill Gates, Gates Foundation

JVH on KUT: "Education Experts Weigh Proposals' Impact on Students"2 comments

Julian Vasquez Heilig wrote 2 months ago: Julian Vasquez Heilig gave an interview about “college” and “career” readine … more →

Tags: higher education access, African-Americans, Latina/os, Dropout, Career Readiness, college readiness, Higher Education, House Bill 5, latina/o

Kevin Donnelly thinks that Fabianism is a dirty word.

margaretpclark wrote 2 months ago:   We’ve put up with absolute rubbish from Kevin Donnelly for too long.  It’s time to look at hi … more →

Tags: AITSL, Australian Education architecture, Education, Education Data, fabianism, Kevin Donnelly, myschool, NAPLAN, National Curriculum

Teach For America Civil War: A sincere tell-all from New York City3 comments

Julian Vasquez Heilig wrote 2 months ago: A Cloaking Inequity reader made me aware of this sincere tell-all from a former TFA teacher that was … more →

Tags: teach for america, Teach For America, New York City corps

Common Core in the 21st Century

drjosephwise wrote 2 months ago: Check out this article that speaks to the benefits of media literacy and its relationship common cor … more →

Tags: preK-12 education, Educational Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Public Education, Race to the Top, Principal Leadership, Joseph Wise, Dr. Joseph Wise, Education reform

New Special Education Spending Mandates

drjosephwise wrote 2 months ago: As they say, “money talks.” According to a recent Education Week blog, the federal gover … more →

Tags: preK-12 education, Educational Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Public Education, Race to the Top, Principal Leadership, Joseph Wise, Dr. Joseph Wise, Education reform

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Julian Vasquez Heilig wrote 2 months ago: Reblogged from Crazy Crawfish's Blog: I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't feeling overwhelmed b … more →

Tags: Charter Schools, Accountability, High Stakes Testing, Vouchers


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