Entries for the 'Improving Practices' Category

Leaders of the Fall River district and B.M.C. Durfee High School analyzed their data to develop actionable strategies to boost student achievement, le...

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Don't let the title fool you - this article doesn't make a case against compassion in the classroom.  Teacher Ellen Berg argues, rather, that too...

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President and Founder of The Efficacy Institute, Jeff Howard, is chairing a task force to address the "proficiency gap" in Massachusetts; yesterday th...

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This fascinating article from The New York Times profiles the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Excellence in Springfield, Massachusetts, where they ar...

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Jaime Escalante, the Bolivian-born educator who taught advanced math and calculus to students at one of LA's most troubled high schools died on Tuesda...

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Read the article that everyone is talking about.  Elizabeth Green builds the case that great teachers aren't born, they're made, in her intriguin...

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Trish Williams and Michael Kirst report on key findings from their study of California middle schools in this excellent, detailed article.  They ...

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New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Bob Herbert details Deborah Kenny's expectations for the teachers and students in her three successful Harlem charter s...

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In this detailed article, Mary Ann Zehr reports for Education Week that educators in California's Chula Vista Elementary School District have used "re...

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Op-Ed Columnist, Bob Herbert, writes for The New York Times that, "The American Federation of Teachers should follow its president's recommendation to...

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