By Hector Tobar, LA Times Someone asked me once, “When are you the most happy?” Very quickly, I answered, “When I see my kids reading.” Mine is a family with poverty and even illiteracy in its past, so we don’t take reading for granted. Learning to read isn’t easy. And for me, seeing a child […]
By Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING — Judy Johnson, Executive Director of the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, presented this paper at California State Senator Carol Liu’s Roundtable about Teacher and District Effectiveness. Dr. Johnson lays out what is required to create an education system that develops and supports teaching excellence so […]