http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/ Stephen Sawchuk comes to the teacher beat at Education Week after covering federal education policy. en Copyright 2009 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:35:01 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/11/wednesday_odds_n_ends.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/11/wednesday_odds_n_ends.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:35:01 -0500 The Strategic Management of Human Capital initiative released a report today outlining new strategies for attracting, developing, and maintaining an effective teacher workforce, and in doing so, has managed to really tick off Randi Weingarten and the American Federation of... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/11/aft.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/11/aft.html Unions Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:37:16 -0500 Two recent news stories illustrate nicely two ways of looking at teacher preparation: an "output"-oriented view of teacher preparation that focuses on student achievement, and an input-oriented one that focuses on credentials and curriculum. Texas is looking to institute a... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/11/two_on_teacher_preparation.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/11/two_on_teacher_preparation.html Teacher Preparation Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:45:01 -0500 The U.S. Secretary of Education underscored at a forum that teacher evaluations should be based on "multiple measures" that would include student achievement alongside other factors, such as peer evaluations. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/duncan_calls_for_multiple_meas.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/duncan_calls_for_multiple_meas.html Federal Policy Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:47:01 -0500 study financed by the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation shows that students taught by Teach For America teachers in Los Angeles outperformed peers who were taught by other teachers—including veterans with many more years of experience.]]> http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/tfa_teachers.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/tfa_teachers.html Alternative certification Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:41:01 -0500 Rhode Island Commissioner Deborah Gist has instructed districts to work to eliminate hiring practices based on seniority provisions when the districts' collective bargaining agreements come up for renewal this year. (Hat Tip to Eduwonk.) She wants hiring to be based... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/will_reforms_to_seniority_catc.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/will_reforms_to_seniority_catc.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:54:01 -0500 The American Federation of Teachers just stepped up its effort to shut down a teacher-recruiting company that it alleges bilked more than 200 teachers from the Philippines out of thousands of dollars in fees for placements in U.S. schools. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/aft_files_federal_complaint_on.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/aft_files_federal_complaint_on.html Unions Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:21:08 -0500 Like many of you, I just finished watching Education Secretary Arne Duncan's Teachers College speech. We'll have more reaction for you later, but just to make a general point, few new policy tidbits emerged, even during the Q & A.... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/like_many_of_you_i.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/like_many_of_you_i.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:08:01 -0500 Education Secretary Arne Duncan doesn't appear poised to go easier on schools of education in remarks he's making this morning at Columbia University's Teachers College. As you may recall, his remarks earlier this month on the theme caught some flak... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/duncan_to_reiterate_criticisms.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/duncan_to_reiterate_criticisms.html Teacher Preparation Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:08:37 -0500 The New Haven, Ct. teacher contract has been approved! You will recall that earlier this month I was a little skeptical about all this talk of it being groundbreaking given that the details on it were scant. (Reminds me of... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/new_haven_pact_lays_ground_for.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/new_haven_pact_lays_ground_for.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:01:01 -0500 An appeals court has deadlocked over the "unfunded mandate" lawsuit, filed by several school districts and the National Education Association, against the No Child Left Behind law. That means a lower court's decision backing the feds will stand. Mark Walsh... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/what_happens_now_in_the_nclb_s.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/what_happens_now_in_the_nclb_s.html Federal Policy Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:33:01 -0500 The NewSchools Venture Fund, an education "venture capitalist" effort, has put $1.2 million into the New Teacher Center, a California-based group that has taken the lead in supporting intensive teacher-induction programs. This must be good news for the NTC, which... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/education_venture-capitalist_g.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/education_venture-capitalist_g.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:45:32 -0500 I checked in with the president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education today to get some feedback on what her members thought about Education Secretary Arne Duncan's speech on teacher colleges. Overall, she said, her members were... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/teachers_colleges_respond_to_d.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/teachers_colleges_respond_to_d.html Teacher Preparation Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:28:10 -0500 Rhode Island announces that it will beef up the test it uses to admit candidates to schools of education. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/up_in_rhode_island_jennifer.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/up_in_rhode_island_jennifer.html Teacher Preparation Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:54:01 -0500 Education Secretary Arne Duncan had some pretty tough words for teacher colleges at a speech he gave at the Curry School of Education, in Charlottesville, Va., on Friday: "In far too many universities, education schools are the neglected stepchild. Often... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/duncan_has_harsh_words_for_tea.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2009/10/duncan_has_harsh_words_for_tea.html Teacher Preparation Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:16:01 -0500