Formative Assessment-Friendly Scheduling
The Oregonian provides a glimpse into a school district that has instituted a late-start for students on Wednesday mornings so that teachers can get together for mandatory data-team meetings. Read Full Post >
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November 20, 2012
August 02, 2012
Educators Making Summer Connections
The U.S. Department of Education has declared that August is Connected Educator Month, a "celebration," as the website says, that is part of the Office of Educational Technology's Connected Educators initiative to support online professional learning. During the next four weeks, the department will ... Read Full Post >
June 27, 2012
Novel Teacher-Retention Idea: Let Them Leave (for a While, Anyway)
In a Huffington Post column, Boston teacher Lillie Marshall says that taking a year-long leave of absence after her fifth year in teaching gave her the "renewed vigor and resources" she needed to continue in the profession and, not coincidentally, made her a much better educator. She extrapolates: ... Read Full Post >
April 18, 2012
Ed. Scholars: Common Core Presents Crucial Moment for Teacher Collaboration
On the Atlantic's National blog, University of Michigan education professors Jeffrey Mirel and Simona Goldin express optimism that the current movement towards a common curriculum could boost what they consider woeful levels of teacher collaboration in U.S. schools: One of the key differences be... Read Full Post >
June 08, 2011
Do Schools Need 'Pit Crews' Rather Than 'Cowboys'?
Last month, the surgeon-writer Atul Gawande gave a much talked-about commencement address at the Harvard Medical School entitled "Cowboys and Pit Crews." Gawande's argument, in essence, is that doctors' conception of their work needs to undergo a major paradigm shift. As members of an elite, speci... Read Full Post >
December 06, 2010
PLCs for Analyzing Student Work
Live from the Learning Forward annual conference in Atlanta. I sat in on a couple intimate morning sessions - quite a difference from the enormous several-hundred-person breakfast and keynote this morning. Read Full Post >
September 07, 2010
What New Teachers Need This Time of Year
Frustrated young teachers wonder why they didn't get more help from colleagues. Read Full Post >
September 02, 2010
Schools Without Administrators, Ctd.
Teacher-led schools are cropping up at various points around the country. Read Full Post >
April 26, 2010
Reading List
Bill Ferriter has very good things to say about Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap, a new book co-authored by professional learning team experts Rick and Becky DuFour: I've ALREADY photocopied several sections and slipped them under the doors of the principals and teacher leaders in my buildi... Read Full Post >
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