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Ten education blogs worth following
Education blogs, on any and every topic, abound online. Unfortunately, educators are probably the last people who have the time to go out and search for them. Which blogs review…
Conference to explore best practices in flipped learning
This summer, educators will have the chance to delve into some of the finer points of one of the largest and most popular trends to hit classrooms in decades: flipped…
Technology helps manage teacher quality initiatives
Across the country, states and school districts are grappling with how best to evaluate teachers and administrators in a way that is rigorous, yet fair—and gives them opportunities to grow…
ASCD, Pearson debut new online professional development tool
The educational leadership organization ASCD (formerly known as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) has teamed up with Pearson to launch a new online school leadership program, called Principal…
Survey: Teacher morale at its lowest in decades
Teachers are less satisfied with their jobs than they have been in decades, but parent engagement with their schools has increased, according to the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher:…
Video becoming a key tool in teacher training, evaluation
As teacher training and evaluation take a front seat in the nation’s education reform agenda, a growing number of schools are integrating video into the process.…
Using video to improve teaching and learning
Knowing that good teaching leads to increased student achievement, the Great Prairie Area Education Agency already had programs in place to mentor new teachers and highlight best teaching practices through…
Seven standards for effective professional development
Terms like “work collaboratively,” “share what you know,” and “problem-solve as a team” are commonly associated with the kinds of 21st-century skills that most people agree today’s students should learn—but…
$5 billion program would focus on teacher quality
The Obama administration is hoping that competition combined with cash will encourage states and school districts to improve the nation's teaching corps.…
Report tracks states’ progress toward Common Core standards
As the Common Core State Standards continue to gain momentum, states say they are more rigorous than previous standards, but many cite challenges in fully implementing the standards, particularly where…