Recent articles that have come across my desk that you might find interesting:
- Teaching the Teacher by Anthony Jackson, Dec. 21, 2011 from Education Week blog Global Learning. Programs across the country are offering learning opportunities for teachers to learn how to provide deeper learning in areas such as “global vision, integrating international content into all subject areas, and emphasizing world language learning”. To read the article please click here http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2011/12/teaching_the_teacher.html
- Group Seeks to Expand Top Teachers’s Reach by Stephen Sawchuk, Dec. 19, 2011 from Education Week blog Teacher Beat. One million dollars from Carnegie Corporation and Gates Foundation is going to Chapel, NC to use for unique models of teaching. To read more click here http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2011/12/group_seeks_to_expand_top_teac.html?cmp=ENL-TU-NEWS2
- What Should Teacher Evaluations Look Like? This is a statement that is responded to by educators found in Teaching Ahead: A Roundtable from Education Week TEACHER. Read more at http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_ahead/?cmp=ENL-TU-VIEWS2
- Professional Learning the Recipe for Student Success by Learning Forward, December 21, 2011. From Education Week TEACHER. You can read a report on teacher quality in this article which refers to teacher quality being the key to improving academic success. Read more at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning_forwards_pd_watch/2011/12/professional_learning_the_recipe_for_student_success.html?cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS2
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