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Teachers Want to Lead the Transformation of their Profession
“Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with creativity … Continue reading
Join ED and Teachers for a #TeachTalk Discussion on Twitter
“Teachers make thousands of decisions a day, and they don’t do it about an abstract idea, they do it about the life of a child. You can’t imagine anything harder.” -Brad Jupp, Senior Program Adviser on Teacher Initiatives, Office of … Continue reading
NEA Teachers Step Up
Last year the National Education Association (NEA) took a courageous step by creating a Council on Effective Teachers and Teaching (CETT) and giving them independence and power to make recommendations to transform the teaching profession. On December 8, they moved … Continue reading
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Keeping the Beat
School districts are straining to deliver a quality education to all their students in this difficult economy, and things can be especially tough on music teachers. Across the country, shrinking school budgets have meant layoffs, increased workloads, cuts in funds … Continue reading
Posted in A Teacher We Met, Headlines, News, Schools and Community, Teacher Practitioner, Teachers, Teaching Profession
Tagged American Jobs Act
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Duncan Introduces Plan to Reform and Improve Teacher Prep
“America’s teachers and America’s children deserve world-class preparation programs that prepare teachers for today’s classrooms and students for today’s information age,” said Secretary Duncan earlier today as he announced ED’s proposed reforms to improve teacher preparation programs and better prepare … Continue reading
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Tagged Teacher Prep
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Discussing Special Education Teacher Prep at Eastern Michigan
Last Friday, I had a great opportunity to participate in a roundtable at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) on special education teacher preparation, recruitment and retention. With six other distinguished panelists that included a state and district representative, an EMU faculty … Continue reading
Posted in Back to School Tour 2011, Headlines, News, Teacher Practitioner, Teachers, Teaching Profession
Tagged Inclusion, Special Education, Teacher Prep
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AFT and TFT Share “The Toledo Plan” with Secretary Duncan
Ed. Note: Maryann Woods Murphy is a Spanish teacher and a Washington Teaching Ambassador Fellow on loan from her school in Allendale, NJ. This former New Jersey State Teacher of the Year and 33-year teaching veteran travelled with Secretary Duncan’s … Continue reading
Talking Teacher Prep in Ann Arbor
How do we train a new generation of effective teachers? This was the question under consideration in a packed room at the University of Michigan’s School of Education, where Secretary Duncan joined a faculty and student panel during a stop … Continue reading
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As Tour Revs Up, Chicago Automotive Classroom Is on the Map
This week, Secretary Arne Duncan and a team of ED officials are embarking upon the Department’s 2011 back-to-school tour—this year under the theme of “Education and the Economy: Investing in our Future.” The tour will take Arne and a big … Continue reading
Posted in A Teacher We Met, Back to School Tour 2011, Headlines, News, Teacher Practitioner, Teachers, Teaching Profession
Tagged Bus Tour, EDTour11
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Back-to-School Bus Heads to the Great Lakes
During last week’s #AskArne Twitter Town Hall, Sarah, a third grade teacher, asked if it is possible for Arne to “tour and sponsor real town halls with educators.” This week, ED announced that Secretary Duncan and his senior staff will … Continue reading
Posted in Back to School Tour 2011, Civil Rights, Early Learning, ESEA Reauthorization, Headlines, Innovation, Join the Conversation, Labor-Management, Listening Tour, News, P-12 Reform, Promise Neighborhoods, Race to the Top, Rural, Schools and Community, Science and Math (STEM), Standards and assessments, Teacher Practitioner, Teachers, Teaching Profession, Turnaround Schools
Tagged Arne Duncan, Bus Tour, EDTour11
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The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love: TEACH Presents Matthew Eddy
Ed. Note: Cross-posted from TEACH.gov. This post is the seventh in a summer-long, weekly blog series celebrating young teachers. We hope these profiles of teachers who have inspired their students and increased their classroom’s performance will inspire the next generation … Continue reading
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Tagged TEACH.gov
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New Webinar Offers Teachers Tools to Teach 9/11
I was in sixth grade on September 11, 2001, and when I close my eyes I can still see – clear as if they’re happening now – the events of that day. My physical education teacher breaking the news of … Continue reading
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