teacher evaluation

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SCORE Education Group Suggests Changes to Teacher Evaluations in Tenn.

An education advocacy group recommended changes to a Tennessee teacher evaluation system that many classroom instructors now see as skewed toward punishing them rather than helping them improve.

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Ten Conn. Districts Chosen to Shape Teacher Evaluation System

Calling it another step to “fix what’s broken in our public schools,” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday announced which school districts will test out a much-debated plan to grade teacher performance that will soon be mandatory for every teacher in the state.

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NY Says Latest Buffalo Teacher Evaluation Plan OK

New York Education Commissioner John King says he's ready to restore federal funding to six low-performing schools in Buffalo.

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National and Local education Leaders Discuss School Reform at New Haven Roundtable

National and local education leaders sat around a table Tuesday at the district’s first turnaround school, Brennan-Rogers, and shared ideas about elevating the teaching profession as it relates to education reform.

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Ala. Elementary School Finds observe4success Software “So Easy To Use!”

Susan White, principal of Pearl Haskew Elementary School in the Mobile, Ala. area is honest about one of her biggest weaknesses. “I am not very tech savvy, but observe4success is so easy to use. I’m convinced that if I can do it, anyone can!” says White.

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NYC Won't Wait for Evaluations to Tackle Teacher Quality

Even without a new teacher evaluation system, New York City will ramp up efforts to weed out teachers who “don’t deserve to teach,” Chancellor Dennis Walcott announced today.

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Struggle Over How to Evaluate Special Ed Teachers

Spurred by the U.S. Department of Education's $4.35 billion Race to the Top grant competition, more than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are evaluated and include student growth as a component. For most students, that growth will be measured on standardized tests. But for special education students that is considerably more complicated.

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Schools with Grants Struggle with Teacher Evaluation Systems

Elliott Elementary in Lincoln, Neb., struck off on its own last year when it became the only school in the city to win money through the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.

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Education Changes Have Some Louisiana Teachers on Edge

While Gov. Bobby Jindal and his legislative allies celebrate the passage of sweeping changes to the state’s public-education system, some local teachers and teachers-in-training say they fear for the future the reforms have created.

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