13 Feb Teacher Evaluation: Soft Skills for Hard Moments
Teachers: What can we learn from an evaluation? It has been truly exciting this year to be able to spend some time taking a hard look at the topic of teacher...
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12 Feb Our Visit to the U.S. Department of Education
Dru Davison and I were invited to represent Hope Street Group to interview Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan about teacher evaluation. What an honor it was! It was a whirlwind tour...
30 Jan The State of the Union – Teachers Matter
The most powerful words from the State of the Union? “Teachers Matter” and “teach with creativity and passion.” The creativity and passion in teaching has been leached out over the...
24 Jan Whole Child Reform: The Easy to Follow Recipe
In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, “Outliers,” he takes a close look at the many details behind successful people. In looking at highly successful people he defines as “outliers,” Gladwell cleverly reverse...
18 Jan 2b or not 2b…That is the Question: But Are Standardized Tests Asking the Right Ones?
Standardized testing has become a hot topic of conversation everywhere from the teachers lounge to local P.T.A. meetings. The news is filled with articles about teachers “teaching to the test”...
10 Jan Dollars: It isn’t just a question of how much
How does budget transparency, or the lack thereof, impact school and classroom level programming for students? Across states in our nation, property owners pay taxes to provide the youth in their...