Poor and Rich Kids: Here’s How They Can Get the Same Education
When parents imagine the ideal school for their kids, many probably envision a place where children can not only master basic skills and...
20 February, 2013
Masonry
Teacher Evaluation + Common Core = Professional Ownership Incentive
Commonalities Empower Teaching Professionals to Identify, Echo and Amplify Success While much attention and support are properly directed at teacher evaluation reform efforts across...
10 January, 2013
Keep your eyes open and share what you see
With the current political climate and gridlock, I find it natural to wonder if our nation will emerge from this pit we have...
13 December, 2012
New “Playbook” Guides States on Teacher Evaluation Reform
Thursday, December 13th, 2012 Teacher evaluation reform work should include five important tenets as policymakers work on evaluation programs in their states: give teachers...
13 December, 2012
Teachers: leaders in the classroom, leaders in the community
A few weeks ago, I had an incredible experience with teachers off the coast of New Jersey. After Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast,...
07 December, 2012
How using big data can drive big value… to economic opportunity
Google CEO Eric Schmidt estimates that humans now create as much information every two days as we did from the beginning of civilization...
02 December, 2012
Sequestration 101
Introduction Sequestration is an across the board cut to federal discretionary spending set to occur on January 2, 2013. It could negatively affect every major...
21 November, 2012
Measuring Student Growth Means More Than Measuring Student Growth: Teacher Voice Helping Administrators Better Understand a Teacher’s Role.
In most states across the country, work is underway to incorporate student growth measures into a teacher’s evaluation. In concept, it’s hard to...
15 November, 2012
Unintended Consequences of Education Reform
“The law of unintended consequences has come to be used as an adage or idiomatic warning that an intervention in a complex system tends to...
05 October, 2012