Skip to main contentRemainders: Concerns about how teacher evaluators are trained
By | March 14, 2012, 11:45pm UTC - A new report says too many teacher eval systems overlook the training evaluators get. (Teacher Beat)
- A Pi Day lesson plan about the history of the number for social studies teachers. (Outside the Cave)
- A father describes the agony of a 10-minute conference with a slow-talking teacher. (Gay NYC Dad)
- Across the country, foundations are pushing reforms in budget-crunched states. (American Prospect)
- Rahm Emanuel’s leadership of Chicago’s schools channels an early Mayor Bloomberg. (Atlantic)
- Some schools fear that crowding means they can’t execute special education reforms. (Insideschools)
- The city is looking for a “special assistant” to help out with the turnaround initiative. (Simply Hired)
- Wendy Kopp challenges Diane Ravitch’s representation of the TFA founder’s views. (HuffPo)
- From the Kopp piece, a tidbit that just 3 percent of TFA alums work in the private sector. (Eduwonk)
- Occupy the DOE has picked its next protest location, at the New York Post on Thursday. (Ed Notes)
- More examples of the value teachers can add that wouldn’t count in a value-added score. (Mr. Foteah)
- The student who placed in a national science contest describes the “brutal” experience. (SchoolBook)