Here’s the link to the U.S. Department of Education’s Labor-Management report that a number of us Teaching Ambassador Fellows worked on over the past year. It was gratifying and exciting to be able to explore and help disseminate real collaborative practices, ones focused on student achievement, which highlight true collaboration and partnership between school districts, [...]
Here’s another opportunity to serve as a peer reviewer for an ED grant. Take a look. Through the Investing in Innovation (i3) program, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) supports innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement. We are now seeking individuals to serve [...]
Another opportunity to be a peer reviewer for a federal education grant– this one a Transition to Teaching program. Take a look! Call for Peer Reviewer for the FY 2011 Grant Competition Transition to Teaching Grant Program ? WHO We are seeking reviewers with expertise in the design, implementation, and/or administration of one or more [...]
I’ve been lucky to have had a number of great experiences with education projects and opportunities over recent years. I can easily say, however, that being part of the process for revising the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for my content area was one of the best. It was intensive and difficult in a [...]
The Common Core standards are here… and are starting to get some play in our classrooms. I don’t know exactly what kind of strategic approach is being undertaken here in the Boston Public schools, but I’m working to build them in to the curriculum frameworks for the current district-wide civics initiative. This article is worth [...]
I just got word that the federal Department of Education is seeking peer reviewers for their upcoming TIF grant competition. Click here for a link to the ED page describing the grant and the opportunity to be part of the grant evaluation. SEEKING PEER REVIEWERS The Department of Education is holding a competition for new [...]
Just heard word that the Hope Street Group is putting together its own teaching fellowship group around the topic of teacher evaluation and accountability measures. Take a look and pass on the opportunity! At Hope Street Group, educators work together to develop recommendations for policymakers that will be used to improve teacher evaluation systems. We [...]
With the current fiscal climate of states and districts cutting funding for National Board for Professional Teaching Standard (NBPTS) certification, scholarship availability like the following is welcome news. Please share! Former NBPTS Committee Members — I am writing because the 2011-2012 NBPTS scholarship application launched recently. If you know of any eligible candidates, please instruct [...]
I keep on sending these articles to myself with the intention of posting/sharing them. And then promptly forgetting all about it. All those interesting articles nesting in my email accounts, between short messages including the latest photos from dad (the good stuff) or the promising e-flyer from EMS announcing the sale that I’ll never really [...]
Harry Potter and the Hatred of Teachers
Never did get into the Harry Potter series or see any more than passing click-through glimpses of the movies, but this recent Esquire article by Stephen Marche is worth a read (his own religious hangups aside). Teachers as symbols indeed. June 13, 2011 Harry Potter and the Hatred of Teachers The release of Harry Potter [...]