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Harnessing the Potential of Innovative STEM Education Programs: Stories of Collaboration, Connectedness and Empowerment
With generous support from the AT&T Foundation, the NEA Foundation funded innovative programs in Milwaukee, and Appalachian Ohio that are strengthening systemic, instructional efforts to improve high school STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and turning on students to the wonders and power of science and math. The cases and four companion videos provide examples of high school STEM programs that successfully: support teacher knowledge and growth; deliver relevant and engaging instruction through experiential learning opportunities; and connect community assets and resources in pursuit of increased student achievement.
Peer Assistance and Review: All Teachers on the Road to Instructional Leadership in Columbus (OH) “100% Project Schools”
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, support and assess the quality of practice and professional growth of their peers. This Issue Brief provides a snapshot of an NEA Foundation-funded PAR program in Columbus, OH, where teachers have led the way in achieving higher standards of professional practice and corresponding results for students.
- Expanding Learning Opportunities to Close the Achievement Gaps: Lessons from Union-District Collaboration
- Parent/Teacher Home Visits: Creating a Bridge between Parents and Teachers as Co-Educators in Springfield, MA and Seattle, WA
- Human Capital: Unions and School Districts Collaborating To Close Achievement Gaps
- Reducing the Achievement Gap through District/Union Collaboration: The Tale of Two School Districts
- Connecting the Bits
- Creating a Teacher Mentoring Program
- Creating Teacher-Led Professional Development Centers
- Engaging Public Support for Teachers
- Using Data about Classroom Practice and Student Work to Improve Professional Development for Educators
- Using Data to Improve Teacher Induction Programs
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