New Resources from Teacher Quality Center

Posted on March 16, 2011April 27, 2012 by coreeducation

The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality is pleased to introduce three new research & policy resources to assist districts and states in designing and implementing teacher professional development activities and evaluation systems. They are: Measuring Teacher Contributions to Student Learning Growth for Nontested Grades and Subjects was developed to help states consider options for Read more about New Resources from Teacher Quality Center[…]

New Education Titles that Can’t Be Missed

Posted on March 1, 2011April 28, 2012 by coreeducation

Four new education titles top my list for must-reads: A New Culture of Learning, The Influence of Teachers, Too Simple to Fail: A Case for Educational Change, and Teaching the Taboo. For those who are looking forward to what schooling might become, “A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Read more about New Education Titles that Can’t Be Missed[…]

Effective Classroom Observations

Posted on February 8, 2011April 28, 2012 by coreeducation

The New Teacher Project’s Teacher Evaluation 2.0, a blueprint for better teacher evaluation, has informed the work of a number of states who are in the process of overhauling their evaluation systems. Now, The New Teacher Project has released a useful tool to support the development of better teacher observation tools. Although the public conversation Read more about Effective Classroom Observations[…]