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By Learning Forward Yesterday I had the pleasure of releasing the newly revised Standards for Professional Learning. It was a thrill to share the document in person with more than 1,000 educators attending our 2011 Summer Conference. Due to the generous support of MetLife Foundation, each person in attendance was handed a complimentary copy of the standards. This is the third iteration of... -
By David Ginsburg Graduates of University of Virgina's math teacher education program have had more success teaching with technology after a couple of years on their own than they had when UVa staff was helping them with it. This according to Joe Garofalo, Co-Director of the University of Virginia Center for Technology and Teacher Education, during a session he co-facilitated at the recent... -
Summer offers the opportunity to recharge and reflect—and for many teachers, it's the ideal time to gather helpful resources. With that in mind, I asked accomplished teachers in the Teacher Leaders Network to share the literary, cinematic, and musical works that sustain them (and help inspire their students). —Braden Welborn Susan, a family/consumer science teacher: I think of... -
By Heather Wolpert-Gawron "Why do we have to do this?" Many teachers have been hearing this question more frequently in recent years. Students detect a deepening divide between "real life" and "school life," and they have a point. As teachers, we should commit ourselves to linking instruction directly to the skills students will need in higher education and the...
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