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Could A Rebranding Help Give Teachers The Prestige They Deserve?

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.fastcodesign.com (Views: 5, Clicks: 1)  
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It’s a difficult time to be a teacher. Could new branding help?

1 comments | Tags: teacher public image rebranding suzanne labarre inspire teachers | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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Do Teachers Need a Rebranding to Improve their Public Image?

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 3, Clicks: 1)  
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Do you remember seeing your first portrayal of teachers? I do. As a child, I remember Charlie Brown's teacher portrayed in the comics and cartoons. Then there was Ben Stein from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Remember? Anyone?

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Math Common Core Coalition

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.nctm.org (Views: 6, Clicks: 2)  
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The Mathematics Common Core Coalition works to provide expertise and advice on issues related to the effective implementation of the Common Core State Standards for School Mathematics (CCSSM).

0 comments | Tags: common core state standards mathematics common core coalition nctm association of mathematics teacher educators | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Calling All Teachers: An Invitation to Help Design Common-Core Tools

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 7, Clicks: 2)  
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Catherine Gewertz -- Federal "Race to the Top" money is being used to design tests for the new common standards. Both assessment consortia have pledged to give teachers a prominent role in helping shape those tests.

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Common Standards, Not Tests, for Charter Schools Network

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 30, Clicks: 4)  
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Erik Robelen -- The situation Achievement First—a nationally-recognized charter schools network—finds itself in today exemplifies one conundrum of the push towards common standards and tests. And that is, the assessments will be a little less common.

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STEM Coalition Blasts Plan to End Science Testing Mandate

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 6)  
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A Republican proposal to end the federal mandate for science testing in public schools is coming under fire from a broad-based coalition that supports improved STEM education.

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Europe Seen Leading the Way in Hand-Held Computing

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 4)  
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While hand-held mobile learning is viewed in the United States as a recent trend, its roots go further back in the United Kingdom and Western Europe.

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California lawmakers keep school buses rolling

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 4)  
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School buses are likely to keep rolling for now, as the Legislature on Thursday restored $248 million for home-to-school transportation that was particularly crucial for small and rural school districts that need to take students across long distances.

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Who's Packing Your Parachute?

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.youtube.com (Views: 43, Clicks: 5)  
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How's your parachute packing coming along? Who looks to you for strength in times of need? And more importantly, who are the special people in your life who provide you the encouragement you need when the chips are down?

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Oklahoma schools Superintendent Janet Barresi defends new accountability system

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 43, Clicks: 6)  
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During a live streaming video interview on Monday, Oklahoma state schools Superintendent Janet Barresi answered questions that had been posted on the Oklahoma Republican Party's Facebook page.

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Report: RI's strides on teacher quality among best

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 40, Clicks: 4)  
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Rhode Island is among the states that have made the most strides on teacher quality policies in the last two years, a national education research and policy group said Wednesday.

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NH gets D- on teacher quality policies

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 44, Clicks: 4)  
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New Hampshire has made almost no progress in enacting policies that promote teacher quality in the last two years and continues to score poorly in a national report being released Wednesday.

1 comments | Tags: new hampshire teacher quality national council on teacher quality state policy teacher yearbook teacher effectiveness | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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Performance assessment making a comeback in schools

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.eschoolnews.com (Views: 33, Clicks: 5)  
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Performance assessment is what teachers do every day when they grade students’ projects and assignments, but often this work is not part of the high-stakes system that determines whether students are ready to graduate—or whether schools as a whole are making progress.

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Districts Must Expand Definition, Services to Students With Disabilities

Newman sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 47, Clicks: 4)  
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Nirvi Shah -- A new letter from the Office for Civil Rights at the federal education department details how school districts should act on some changes to federal law regarding people with disabilities.

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Students' math scores jumped 20% with iPad textbooks, publisher says

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.appleinsider.com (Views: 82, Clicks: 22)  
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A yearlong pilot program with digital textbooks on Apple's iPad found that students' algebra scores increased by 20 percent when compared to a curriculum with traditional books.

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