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Reflections on the determinants of teacher effectiveness
The growing emphasis in the United States on making sure students reach minimum levels of learning has increased pressure to optimize the performance of teachers. This New York Times Magazine article … more →
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American Education and its Consistent Overhaul - CCL 69
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wrote 5 days ago: Reform in education has become as American as apple pie. From the pages of the often referred A Nati … more →
SHORT READS: WEEK OF SEPT. 24
wrote 7 months ago: This week’s top education headlines: DC schools‘ test-score fantasyland Education Nation … more →
News and Events 4-13-12: Saving Lives, Education, and Social Impact & Entrepreneurship
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wrote 1 year ago: Life-Saving News Saving Lives in a Time of Cholera: In her fixes column, Tina Rosenberg discuss an i … more →
Three-Pointers and High Expectations
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wrote 1 year ago: Mr. P is working with one of his 5th grade math students. You just can’t keep getting this wrong! It … more →
Why 'Bad' Kids Make Better Students
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wrote 1 year ago: Maybe youth have a better sense of what their education should look like than their teachers do. Hav … more →
Top-Performing American Charter Schools: The KIPP Foundation and Uncommon Schools
wrote 1 year ago: In the United States, charter schools are privately managed, publicly funded educational institution … more →
A Message from the "Teach Like a Champion" Office!
wrote 2 years ago: We recently received the following communication from the Teach Like a Champion office: ************ … more →
Charter School Space: Free of Rent, Maybe, but Not of Hurdles
wrote 2 years ago: After Matthew Greenberg had spent 18 years as a New York City teacher, he wanted a school of his own … more →
The Lottery
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wrote 2 years ago: When I was younger, I never really thought about where I was going to enroll in school. In the earli … more →
Classroom Culture
wrote 2 years ago: I recently read Doug Lemov’s book, Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on t … more →
Notes from the Field: Ryan Biner of TFA Talks Teaching Quality
wrote 2 years ago: Ryan Biner is a 2009 Teach For America corps member. He teaches English Language Arts for students w … more →
Simple Changes in Current Practices May Save Our Schools
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wrote 2 years ago: By Marc Prensky Here’s an idea to get at least something positive out of the Gulf oil spill. What if … more →
Reflections on the determinants of teacher effectiveness
wrote 3 years ago: The growing emphasis in the United States on making sure students reach minimum levels of learning h … more →
Not your typical redesign: behind the scenes of Doug Menuez’s new website
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wrote 3 years ago: …. …. ….. Doug Menuez wanted to redesign his website so that … more →
Morning News
wrote 4 years ago: Ran downstairs again as it was raining and I had limited time before my phone interview with Uncommo … more →
Happy Weekend!
wrote 4 years ago: Yay I’m so glad it’s the weekend. This last week was rather stressful; I’m happy i … more →
Doug Menuez’s “Uncommon” ad campaign
wrote 4 years ago: “Do whatever it takes.” That’s one of the rules of Uncommon Schools, which fosters charter schools t … more →
