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02 Jan A Teacher’s Opportunity to be Uniquely Involved with RTTT-Early Learning Challenge

Posted at 02:20h in Education

Being a Reading Specialist who has worked with inner city early care providers, I was very excited to hear U.S. Department of Education's announcement concerning the RTTT - Early Learning Challenge. A grant giving each state an opportunity to submit a request for funding a...

19 Dec Alternative Certification: Is it enough?

Posted at 02:28h in Education

Is Alternative Certification Enough? A generation ago, teachers became teachers by the same path that nurses became nurses - they attended colleges, majored in their subject area, received teacher training, and entered the classroom. Within the past 15 years or so, this landscape changed, largely with the...

11 Dec Teaching the Teachers

Posted at 02:33h in Education

To prepare effective teachers for 21st century classrooms, teacher education must shift away from a norm which emphasizes academic preparation and course work loosely linked to school-based experiences. Rather, it must move to programs that are fully grounded in clinical practice and interwoven with academic...

29 Nov Thoughts On Education Nation

Posted at 02:41h in Education

What a wonderful experience to attend the 2nd Education Nation produced by NBC News in New York. I am very grateful to the Hope Street Group for obtaining invitations for several of the Hope Street Teacher Fellows to attend the event. NBC did an outstanding...

24 Nov Developing Measures of Student Growth for Teacher Evaluation

Posted at 02:45h in Education

As one of the first Race to the Top winners, my state of Delaware is undergoing some major changes specifically as it relates to teacher evaluation. Fortunately, I have had the opportunity to directly participate in this work. To provide some background, our state-wide teacher evaluation...

18 Nov THE CARROT EFFECT: ARE INCENTIVES INSULTING OR DELICIOUS?

Posted at 03:26h in Education

Recently, I attended the 2011 NCB Education Nation, and had the chance to sit in on several different sessions. Conversation during a session on Detroit school reform drifted to a dialogue on teacher incentives and whether or not they were beneficial. The panel’s school leader...