2011 China Experience: A Teacher's Perspective

Posted Jul 1 2011 in Innovation

This post is part of a series of guest blog entries written by teachers who received the NEA Foundation’s Awards for Teaching Excellence and participated in the China Experience. In this entry, Maryann Woods-Murphy, a high school Spanish teacher from Allendale, NJ, discusses the value of the EF professional development tour in China.  

By, Maryann Woods-Murphy, Allendale, NJ

China has swept me off my feet.

Seven days ago, my plane was taking off at Newark airport in New Jersey,

2011 China Experience: Shanghai and the Western Shanghai Experimental School

Posted Jun 30 2011 in Innovation

By Sarah Davis, Pearson Foundation

We recently arrived in Shanghai , a city known for its financial history, as well as its hybrid-like East-West culture (for more on Shanghai, visit here). In a very short period of time, we visited the Bund

2011 China Experience: Beijing to Shanghai: Education Begins at Home

Posted Jun 28 2011 in Innovation

From June 22 to July 1, 26 of the 2011 NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence recipients are spending 10 days on an educational and cultural tour of China.

Our partners from the Pearson Foundation are helping us document the trip by

2011 China Experience: The Dynasty of Look Forward

Posted Jun 27 2011 in Innovation

From June 22 to July 1, 26 of the 2011 NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence recipients are spending 10 days on an educational and cultural tour of China.

Our partners from the Pearson Foundation are helping us document the trip by

2011 China Experience: Our Goals, Our Expectations

Posted Jun 21 2011 in Innovation

From June 22 to July 1, 26 of the 2011 NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence recipients are spending 10 days on an educational and cultural tour of China.

Our partners from the Pearson Foundation are helping us document the trip by sharing

Innovation in Education: It Starts in Classrooms and Communities

Posted Oct 18 2010 in Innovation

By Harriet Sanford

As first appeared in Education Week, October 14, 2010.

From Washington to statehouses across the nation, conversations about education are focused on innovation like never before. Innovation funding from the U.S. Department of

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