…a short course with asynchronous discussions, you can set your own schedule for participation. The course is active for 4 weeks; most participants spend 1-3 hours per week, for 1-3…
…York Times Best Seller list. In addition to blogging at Education Week, Politico.com, and The Huffington Post, Ravitch also runs her own widely read blog at dianeravitch.net. Drawing on over…
What are the assessment and evaluation challenges related to the development of great principals? A free webinar next week will explore the assessment of progress, the benefit of standards, and…
Last week’s conference of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) drew some 1,100 educators to Nashville, Tennessee, to learn more about the new accreditation system. Offering workshops…
…experiences for teacher candidates. Under this model, candidates receive extensive supervised training in an apprentice style of learning, spending 2 full days per week for 2 semesters in the classroom…
…of an exciting new MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), Designing for Deeper Learning: How to Develop Performance Assessments for the Common Core. This 9-week course will build educators’ capacity to…
…institutions of higher education. Interested applicants will have to act quickly, though—the deadline for letters of intent is June 27, and full applications are due July 15. Last week, in…
…having so much on her plate, Diez generously responded to my questions this week about her career to date and future plans. Q: You served as president of AACTE in…
Last week, the Northwest Evaluation Association, in cooperation with Grunwald Associates, released a new report, Make Assessment Matter. The report follows up on a study done by the group 2…
Last week, I participated in a summit at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania on implementing and preparing for the Pennsylvania Core Standards. In attendance were the institution’s president and vice…
…Peterson — Media commentator and associate professor, Lehigh University (PA) Tracey Roach — Founder, District Children Rooted by Literacy (5-week D.C. summer program) Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) To RSVP for…
The College of Education at the University of Florida last week announced the launch of a new center on “Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform”—also known as the…
Starting last week, approximately 4 million students across 36 states and the District of Columbia began taking field tests for the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) assessments developed by the…
…of the alignment efforts, CDE is inviting stakeholders to participate in a series of focus group meetings this month. The focus groups will meet during the weeks of October 6…
…standards. A majority of respondents cited access to CCSS-aligned lesson plans and rubrics as the number-one resource they needed. Starting next week, AACTE and Achieve will offer a month-long webinar…
