Beyond Buy-In: Options for Combining Teacher Support with Teacher Effectiveness

Posted on August 1, 2013 by coreeducation

Improving systems for supporting and evaluating teachers is an urgent priority in states and districts all across the country. To learn from this work and strengthen efforts moving forward, the Aspen Institute Education and Society Program has published several profiles of leading efforts in the field. Recently, the Aspen Institute released the next installment: a Read more about Beyond Buy-In: Options for Combining Teacher Support with Teacher Effectiveness[…]

The Path to Protecting Humanities and Social Sciences

Posted on August 1, 2013 by coreeducation

A new report by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and spearheaded by a list of who’s who in humanities, social science, and the arts, recommends that the nation take 12 key steps to ensure that humanities and social sciences maintain an important place in American classrooms. “The Heart of the Matter,” issued recently Read more about The Path to Protecting Humanities and Social Sciences[…]

Who Is In Charge of Teacher Preparation?

Posted on July 31, 2013 by coreeducation

Jenny DeMonte of the Center for American Progress has penned a new report that calls for teacher-training programs to be more closely aligned with those organizations that actually hire and professionally develop the teachers that make such a crucial difference in the academics and lives of students. Everyone agrees that teacher quality is important and Read more about Who Is In Charge of Teacher Preparation?[…]

Report Explores Opportunities to Promote Data in Classrooms

Posted on July 30, 2013 by coreeducation

A new report from Ed Money Watch explores the use of student achievement data to improve classroom instruction. The paper, Promoting Data in the Classroom: Innovative State Models and Missed Opportunities, highlights examples from two states, Oregon and Delaware, of federally funded, state-driven efforts to equip teachers with the tools they need to utilize student Read more about Report Explores Opportunities to Promote Data in Classrooms[…]

Northwest Evaluation Association Launches Assessment Literacy Website

Posted on July 29, 2013September 12, 2020 by coreeducation

With an increased focus on student assessment and its application in classrooms across the United States, the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) has officially launched a new informational website to initiate a meaningful dialogue among educators on assessment and to build “assessment literacy” skills for teachers and school administrators, in particular. Assessment literacy is the knowledge Read more about Northwest Evaluation Association Launches Assessment Literacy Website[…]

From tinkering to transformation: Strengthening school district central office performance

Posted on July 26, 2013 by coreeducation

Meredith I. Honig at AEI Education has penned a new report urging reform of school district central offices. Honig sees these offices as good candidates to lead schools to higher rates of student progress, but because these central offices have traditionally focused on issues of business and compliance, they are not making the grade when Read more about From tinkering to transformation: Strengthening school district central office performance[…]

Montgomery County (MD) Measuring ‘Hope’ to Help Improve Academic Success

Posted on July 25, 2013September 12, 2020 by coreeducation

Montgomery County Public Schools, MD, will greet its students this fall with a survey that asks them questions, not about academics, but about “hope, engagement and well-being.” MCPS is teaming up with Gallup, the polling giant, to conduct this survey, which they also conducted last year. For three years of work that includes working with Read more about Montgomery County (MD) Measuring ‘Hope’ to Help Improve Academic Success[…]

Governing American Education: Marc Tucker’s Opus

Posted on July 24, 2013 by coreeducation

Marc Tucker, of the National Center on Education and the Economy, was recently commissioned by the Center for American Progress to write a report in which he would outline his plans for education reform in the United States. Tucker, a veteran voice in American education debates, has long studied the similarities and differences between the Read more about Governing American Education: Marc Tucker’s Opus[…]

From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Speak Up 2012 Report

Posted on July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 by coreeducation

“The results being released today show that we are indeed in a new world. And we as adults need to learn from kids in this instance. We need to learn from students about how they learn, where they learn, and how they seek information. I believe we must harness this information to give all students Read more about From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Speak Up 2012 Report[…]

EQuIP: Educators Evaluating CCSS Resources

Posted on July 22, 2013July 22, 2013 by coreeducation

One of the many opportunities provided by the transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is the chance to develop high quality instructional materials for teachers and schools that are aligned to the rigor and college- and career-ready expectations found in the standards. At the same time, determining how aligned and effective instructional materials Read more about EQuIP: Educators Evaluating CCSS Resources[…]

Fordham Evaluates the Next Generation Science Standards

Posted on July 18, 2013 by coreeducation

As the National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve have recently released the final version of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has completed its review of the new standards and given them a C. While this may certainly Read more about Fordham Evaluates the Next Generation Science Standards[…]

July Issue Brief: Teacher Voice

Posted on July 17, 2013 by coreeducation

The professional lives of teachers have recently been flooded with “the new.” With new standards, new curricula, new evaluations, new assessments, and all the other changes that take place on an annual basis in schools and districts, very little remains constant from year to year. In this sea of changes, teachers must not be left Read more about July Issue Brief: Teacher Voice[…]

A Roadmap for Education Reform: Milwaukee as a Model

Posted on July 16, 2013October 13, 2022 by coreeducation

Well-meaning education reformers are too often content to layer their new proposals atop outdated schools and systems. Unsurprisingly, school improvement efforts have repeatedly failed to deliver the results we had hoped for. Doing radically better will require state, civic, and system leaders to embrace a more coherent and comprehensive push to overhaul antiquated structures, regulations, Read more about A Roadmap for Education Reform: Milwaukee as a Model[…]

The SEA of the Future: Leveraging Performance Management

Posted on July 15, 2013December 31, 2015 by coreeducation

State Education Agencies (or SEAs) are a crucial element in translating policy to schools. A new report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education, in coordination with the Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, “The SEA of the Future“, urges state education agencies to use performance management to support school improvement. Authors Paul Hill, Patrick Read more about The SEA of the Future: Leveraging Performance Management[…]

10 Steps for Integrating Teacher Effectiveness Systems and the Common Core

Posted on July 14, 2013 by coreeducation

To strengthen state implementation of Common Core State Standards and meaningful teacher evaluations, the Aspen Institute and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) released a set of recommendations for forging coherence across these efforts at CCSSO’s Implementing the Common Core Standards (ICCS) meeting of 22 states in New Orleans. “Teaching to the Core: Read more about 10 Steps for Integrating Teacher Effectiveness Systems and the Common Core[…]

When Charter Schools aren’t Given Real Autonomy

Posted on July 13, 2013September 12, 2020 by coreeducation

An example of the ongoing battle in some states about how much autonomy should be given to Charter Schools recently occurred in Maryland. The soon to be opened Frederick Classical Charter School (FCCS) hoped to hire 9 new teachers that fit its model of classical education. In Maryland, however, the local school system is the Read more about When Charter Schools aren’t Given Real Autonomy[…]