Learning Lessons from a Father’s Pride in His Son
By Steve Lopez, LA Times Harry Gordon wasn’t exactly pushy in the email he sent me, but he made his point. He said he understood the Miramonte Elementary School scandal was a story that had to be done, but he wondered why there couldn’t also be a positive story about teachers. And he had one […]
Common-Core Work Must Include Teacher Development
By Stephanie Hirsh, EducationWeek Now bearing the imprimatur of 46 states and the District of Columbia, the Common Core State Standards represent a major step forward for schools and the students they must prepare to graduate from high school ready for college and careers. Yet a fundamental contradiction underlies the progress: While we are promoting […]
How to Grade a Teacher
By James Encinas, Kyle Hunsberger and Michael Stryer, Los Angeles Times Op-Ed We’re teachers who believe that teacher evaluation, including the use of reliable test data, can be good for students and for teachers. Yes, yes, we know we’re not supposed to exist. But we do, and there are a lot more of us. Continue […]
Japanese Strategy for Improving Teachers is Catching On in Chicago
By Linda Lutton, The Hechinger Report — In the sunlit library at Jorge Prieto Elementary on Chicago’s’ northwest side, an experiment is under way. A provisional classroom has been set up. A white board sits at the front of the room, and 20 eighth-graders are seated at library tables. Math teacher Michael Hock is giving […]
Survey Says ART of TEACHING Program Promotes Teaching Excellence
By Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING staff – Every year for the past five, we at the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING take a step back from the work we do in support of developing gifted teachers and artful teaching in order to assess the perception of the ART of TEACHING […]
$25,000 Award for Teaching Excellence
By Cotsen Staff, Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING — TNTP, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending educational inequality while helping to advance policies and practices that ensure effective teaching, is offering five $25,000 awards for great teaching, and the “opportunity to collaborate with other winners during [a] summer residency that culminates in the […]