NEWS RELEASE April 4, 2013 Judy Johnson, Executive Director of the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, to Retire Jerry Harris appointed as new executive director LOS ANGELES — Judy Johnson, the executive director of the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, will retire from the position, effective June 30, 2013. Dr. Johnson, […]
By John Yemma, Christian Science Monitor Nothing is more important in K-12 education than the quality of a teacher. But how do we make great teachers? We could start with someone like Jane Smoot. Where does intelligence come from? Biologists look to organic structures. Psychologists study influences and experiences. Theologians look to the spiritual. All […]
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 Michael Fullan and Andy Hargreaves, Education Week The results of the latest MetLife Survey of the American Teacher confirm what many of us are experiencing and seeing in the depressing descent of the teaching profession. In the past two years, the percentage of teachers surveyed who reported being very satisfied in their jobs has […]
By Stephen Sawchuk, Education Week — The University of Michigan today unveiled a new organization that will help teacher-training programs—and the teacher-education field in general—develop a more systematic approach to preparing their candidates. Led by Deborah Loewenberg Ball, a renowned professor and dean of the university’s school of education, TeachingWorks will disseminate a set of […]
By Alyson Klein, Education Week — The Obama administration on Thursday afternoon said it will waive the cornerstone requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, including the 2014 deadline that all students be proficient in math and language arts, and will give states the freedom to set their own student-achievement goals, and design their […]
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 […]
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 […]
UCLA Education Professor Megan Franke and several Cotsen mentors share their thoughts on what it will take to help teachers reach for excellence.