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Will New Teacher Evaluations Help or Hurt Chicago's Schools?

Submitted by Alison DeNisco on Tue, 04/30/2013 - 2:04pm
In the wake of a strike and amid a skyrocketing murder rate, teachers and administrators alike are trying to focus on instruction.

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The Atlantic

How Can We Develop Tech-Savvy Teachers?

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 11:27am
Many school administrators classify teacher technology users into two categories: those who use technology and those who don’t. While this school of thought is logical, after having worked with and trained hundreds of teachers and administrators on integrating technology into instruction, I have found that there are generally three categories of technology teachers. I refer to them as, Digital Rock Stars, Digital Groupies, and Digital Phobes.

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Maryland Announces State's High School Tech Ed Teacher of the Year

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 3:43pm
Jim Deitrich, currently teaching at Liberty High and former teacher at Westminster High, has been named Maryland's High School Technology Education Teacher of the Year.

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Westminster Patch

Teacher Reviews Turn to New Technologies

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District Administration, November 2012
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Telling Teachers They Are Irreplaceable

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Marion Herbert
District Administration, September 2012
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TN Education Reform hits Bump in Teacher Evaluation

Submitted by Marion Herbert on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 6:45am

Tennessee’s new way of evaluating classrooms “systematically failed” to identify bad teachers and provide them more training, according to a state report.

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The Tennessean
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Michigan State Board of Education Looks to Change Ways Teachers are Trained, Evaluated and Supported

Submitted by Marion Herbert on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 4:26pm

Michigan State Board of Education members are calling for changes to the way teachers are trained, evaluated and supported as part a wide-ranging list of goals and legislative priorities.

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mlive.com

Under the Radar

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Like Kaya Henderson, chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, the curricular subject of geography has been flying under the radar.
Judy Faust Hartnett
District Administration, June 2012
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Tablet-based Observation Tool

Submitted by Courtney Williams on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:02am

GoKnow Mobile Learning and the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals collaborated to create GoObserve, a tablet-based classroom observation and walk-through tool.

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Under Education Reform, School Principals Swamped by Teacher Evaluations

Submitted by Marion Herbert on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 10:21pm

School principals, including some who back more rigorous review of teachers, are balking at education reforms required by Race to the Top. New teacher evaluations are all-consuming, they say.

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