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21 Nov Sequestration 101

Posted at 20:11h in Education

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 federal discretionary spending program and fundamentally change...

15 Nov Measuring Student Growth Means More Than Measuring Student Growth: Teacher Voice Helping Administrators Better Understand a Teacher’s Role.

Posted at 20:14h in Education

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 argue that this shouldn’t happen. In application,...

05 Oct Unintended Consequences of Education Reform

Posted at 20:17h in Education

“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 create unanticipated and often undesirable outcomes.” My Great...

20 Aug Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow Secures Passage of Groundbreaking Fine Arts Assessment in Tennessee

Posted at 01:35h in News

Monday, August 20th, 2012 Hope Street Group, a national bipartisan organization whose mission is to convene the best leaders and practitioners across political aisles and collaborate with them to drive economic...

15 Aug Hope Street Group Adds Vice President of Education

Posted at 01:34h in Publications

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 Hope Street Group is pleased to announce Daniel Cruce as the new Vice President of Education. Mr. Cruce is the former Deputy Secretary and Chief of Staff...

08 Aug Calvert educator gets closer look at state, federal evaluation tools

Posted at 01:32h in Publications

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 The Washington Post A Barstow Elementary School educator is getting a chance to help her peers through a fellowship that’s giving her a national look at education reform. Speech...