Issue Brief: Students Speak
A cornerstone of today’s education reform movement is the generation, analysis, and use of data to improve instruction and decision-making at all levels— the classroom, school, and district. This Issue Brief focuses on efforts in Lee County, FL to embrace student input to instructional goal setting and practices.
These strategies are an outgrowth of collaboration among the School District of Lee County, the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools, and the Teachers Association of Lee
Reclaiming the Profession
Not surprisingly, over the last several months there has been a surge of educators who are pushing back more forcefully on recently mandated and implemented systems of teacher evaluation. I believe they are justified.
Most of these systems fly in the
Huffington Post Blog: Our Schools Need More Strange Bedfellows
"Our Schools Need More Strange Bedfellows"
By Harriet Sanford
President & CEO, The NEA Foundation
“Getting communities more involved with their public schools can lead to strange bedfellows, like the group of motorcyclists that descended
Huffington Post Blog: A Real Recipe for Improving Schools
"A Real Recipe for Improving Schools"
By Harriet Sanford
President & CEO, The NEA Foundation
"To get one idea of how to improve teaching in our nation's schools, drop
by the local hospital. Chances are you'll see a group of doctors and
medical
Huffington Post Blog: Addressing the Other Side of Teacher Evaluation
"Addressing the Other Side of Teacher Evaluation"
Powerful improvements in instruction occur when teachers are observed, supported, and assessed by their peers. Want to know more? Read my blog on the Huffington Post.
Questions? Thoughts? Please let
Issue Brief: Peer Assistance & Review
Most professions have mechanisms in place to ensure that their practitioners know and carry out the highest standards of practice. Teacher peer assistance and review programs (PAR) are just such a mechanism in public education: teachers observe,
Closing Collaboration Gaps to Provide Meaningful Opportunities to Learn
I am heartened by the urgent call to action articulated by John H. Jackson to all of us in his recent Huffington Post blog, "A New Take on 'No Excuses' -- Tackling Poverty to Provide Meaningful Opportunity."
