Inside — and Beyond — the Teacher Evaluation Debate

In a February 20, 2012 New York Times article entitled, “States Try to Fix Quirks in Teacher Evaluations,” Tennessee’s new teacher evaluations figured prominently. The Times reporter traveled across TN, interviewing state leaders, principals, teachers – all who described the promise, pitfalls, and potential to improve teacher quality with an evaluation framework that expands dramatically…

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Why College Access and Success are Complicated but Important: A Note to the City of Nashville

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean outlined a major new education goal in his second inaugural address in September: double the number of college graduates in the city. The Mayor pointed to the strong, positive connections between an educated workforce and economic growth. Cities with higher education attainment levels among the population are more competitive when wooing…

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