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Initiative aims to assist military families
From AirForceTimesBy Karen Jowers Military spouses and dependents are the inspiration behind an initiative launched Tuesday by first lady Michelle Obama. The mission of “Joining Forces,” launched by Obama and Jill Biden, is to make more Americans aware of the challenges facing military families, and to highlight ways communities, organizations and businesses are helping these […]
Administration Pushes Teacher-Prep Accountability
Administration pushing shift through HEA reporting Published Online: March 8, 2011Published in Print: March 9, 2011, as New Rules For Ed. Prep Are Mulled From EducationWeekBy Stephen Sawchuk Federal officials plan to overhaul the reporting requirements for higher education-based teacher preparation in favor of leaner, outcome-based indicators of program quality, according to plans outlined in […]
Sharon P. Robinson Op-Ed: Education Master’s Programs, Add Value or Shut Down
From EducationWeekBy Sharon P. Robinson Published Online: February 16, 2011 It’s true – some education master’s programs do not add value to teaching quality or student learning. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Bill Gates were right in their recent suggestions that school systems rethink the current practice of granting pay raises automatically to […]
TaskStream, TPAC Partner To Measure Teacher Effectiveness
From The JournalBy Scott Aronowitz In an effort to evaluate new teaching candidates more effectively and with better long-term results, the Teacher Performance Assessment Consortium (TPAC) and Web software provider TaskStream have joined forces to pilot an in-depth teacher performance assessment (TPA).
Grading of Teacher Colleges to Be Revamped
From Education WeekBy Stephen Sawchuk The organizer of a plan to review all 1,400 schools of education and publish the findings in U.S. News and World Report is altering several key aspects of its methodology – an attempt, officials for the group say, to respond to mounting complaints about the study. The National Council of […]
Letter to President Obama: Who is a ‘highly qualified’ teacher?
From The Washington PostBy Valerie Strauss This letter was just sent to President Obama by more than 50 organizations — including education, civil rights, disability, student, parent, and community groups – about legislation in Congress that would allow teachers still in training to be considered “highly qualified” so they can meet a standard set in […]
Corinthian Colleges Names Dr. Sharon P. Robinson to Board of Directors
From Corinthian Colleges, Inc. SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (Nasdaq: COCO) today announced that Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D, has been elected to the company’s board of directors. The appointment increases the board to ten members, nine of whom are non-employee directors. “Sharon has had a distinguished professional […]
Teacher Beat Reading List: Teacher Ed. Reviews, National Board Support
From Education Weekby Stephen Sawchuk Here’s what Teacher Beat is reading this weekend. Keep those tweets and comments a-coming! Do education majors learn less than their peers in other bachelor’s programs? That’s one of the assertions in a new book that tries to gauge how much value college adds to student learning. (Hat tip to […]
‘U.S. News’ to Start New Rankings of Teacher Ed Programs
From Inside Higher Ed U.S. News & World Report has announced that it will start a new system of ranking teacher education programs, largely using the methodology of the National Council on Teacher Quality, and focusing on such measures as the selectivity of the admissions process, how well teachers are trained to teach certain subjects, […]
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