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National Council on Teacher Quality, April 2018, by Kency Nittler
About 20 school districts have adopted new staffing models known collectively as Opportunity Culture, each designed to maximize the impact of great teachers. In these districts, excellent teachers are given opportunities to reach to more students through leading a team of teachers …
News & Record, April 11, 2018, by Jessie Pounds
Guilford County school board members are asking the state to give nine schools the kind of flexibility normally reserved for charter schools. They voted to send the state an application for “restart” status at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting.
Education Dive, April 10, 2018, by Amelia Harper
Though the “highly qualified teacher” mandates have been scrapped under the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are now tasked with defining an “effective teacher” and making sure that these teachers are being equitably distributed to all demographic groups, Education Week reports.
EdWeek, April 3, 2018, by Madeline Will
Every student, no matter their race or family income level, should be taught by an effective teacher, the Every Student Succeeds Act declares. Exactly how to define what makes an effective teacher and how to implement this ambitious goal has been left up to the …
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, January 26, 2018, by Cynthia Howell
Dawn McLain said she didn’t have an inkling that she was going to be named Arkansas’ winner of the unrestricted $25,000 Milken Educator Award on Thursday until state Education Commissioner Johnny Key announced her name at a sixth-grade student assembly.
Brookings, January 25, 2018, by Michael Hansen and Ben Backes
Since President Trump took office, it seems that most education news has moved away from a key pillar of the Obama-era education platform: teacher quality. Increasing teacher quality, particularly for disadvantaged students, was a principle that surfaced time and again from …
Milken Educator Awards, January 25, 2018
Arkansas teacher Dawn McLain engages her 6th grade science and math students any way she can, whether it be with robotics, design modeling or rocketry. And while big science may be helping lift her students’ test scores into the stratosphere, her classes are invariably down-to-earth and …
Getting Smart, January 17, 2018
It is important for us all to be making our voices heard in conversations about education policy and funding. Now more than ever, it is our responsibility to be spreading the word about what makes a high-quality learning experience that can prepare students for a future …
EdWeek, January 12, 2018, by Madeline Will
When highly effective teachers are given a hybrid role to lead other teachers, the students on their team perform better in math and, to a lesser extent, reading, according to a new study.
RTV 6 ABC, April 17, 2017, by Katie Heinz and Victoria T. Davis
Amid the proposal to close three of the district’s seven high schools, IPS is offering a new program to teachers interested in mentoring other educators and students. IPS administrators said the goal of Opportunity Culture is to improve …