By Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING staff – At the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, we encourage our fellows to provide us with constructive feedback regarding their perception of the work we do at the ART of TEACHING. Since 2008, we have captured fellows’ feedback via our annual survey, aimed at […]
Live Webinar: When Good Enough is Not Enough Webinar takes place on Thursday, April 5th at 10:30 a.m. (PDT) LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2012 – Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING announced today that it will co-present a live webinar, along with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), entitled When Good Enough […]
Judy Johnson, the executive director of the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, discusses the ART of TEACHING program, what makes it unique, and how fellows benefit from it.
Judy Johnson, the executive director of the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, offers advice to new fellows in the ART of TEACHING program, encouraging them to take advantage of the resources provided to them, to be passionate about their learning, and to be willing to take risks in the pursuit of 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 […]
By Arun Ramanathan, Education Trust — Most teachers say they teach because they love their students, and because they love helping them to learn. And it shows. Research shows that the single most important school-based factor in improving student academic performance is the quality of the teacher in the classroom. Students who have strong teachers […]
By Cotsen Staff, Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING – In Fall 2011, Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING welcomed several new schools in Northern California as part of the foundation’s 2011 – 2013 program cycle. The new Northern California participants include: Mt. Pleasant Elementary (Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District) Sanders Elementary (Mt. […]
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times — At some Los Angeles elementary schools, teachers have drastically cut time for science because of pressure to focus on reading and math. If they can incorporate science into class time, they say they mostly have to buy their own supplies. And educators from the state’s high-tech epicenter of […]
By Gene R. Carter, Education Week — From almost any vantage point, it is hard to find sincere concern about the productive future of our young people in the political debates occurring in Washington and state capitals. The passing references to children and students feel largely like rhetorical flourishes in the partisan and ideological fights […]
By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney — President Obama is looking to send $30 billion to the states to stem the crush of teacher layoffs. The proposal, unveiled Thursday night as part of Obama’s jobs agenda, goes far beyond a $10 billion measure he signed last August to minimize the downsizing of teachers and first responders. That […]