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Month: April 2012

2012 Tennessee Teacher of the Year recognized in D.C.

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jamie Woodson

2012 Tennessee Teacher of the Year Byron Booker recently returned from the “Teachers of the Year Washington Recognition Week” in D.C. Below are some photos from his trip. Congratulations Byron! Thank you for your dedication to your students and for representing Tennessee so well.

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Sharing Data—and Conversation—with Teacher Prep Programs to Improve the Teacher Pipeline

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Brennan McMahon

Last week, Senator Frist wrote an important op-ed highlighting the need to improve all areas of the teacher pipeline (that is, pathway teachers take from choosing to become teachers to the classroom). He could not be more correct that we must focus “on the start of the teacher pipeline and growing the pool of better-prepared…

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The Achievement School District Gives the Power to Principals and Teachers

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Jeremy Jones

In our last post, we outlined the scope of work for the Achievement School District and our goals of transforming the bottom 5% of schools into schools that perform among the top 25% in the state. As both an operator and authorizer, the ASD is working urgently to ensure that we provide our students with…

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Tennessee’s Approved NCLB Waiver Plan: What Are the Implications? [webinar]

Posted on April 19, 2012 by SCORE

Please join The Education Trust, the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), Stand for Children, Tennessee, and United Ways of Tennessee on Thursday, April 26 from 2-3 p.m. CDT for an informative webinar on the recently approved Tennessee waiver plan for the No Child Left Behind Act. The accountability portion of this approved plan presents…

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Focus on Instructional Materials a Must for Student Success

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Kyle Southern

“The Common Core standards will only have a chance of raising student achievement if they are implemented with high-quality materials, but there is currently no basis to measure the quality of materials.” This sobering assessment by Matthew Chingos and Russ Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution opens a strong argument for greater focus on instructional materials…

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