Archive for September, 2008
More teacher learning, school improvement
My advice to the next president is that it is time to take teacher learning and school improvement seriously. It is time to move beyond separating the teacher from the school and for a two-pronged approach that seeks to improve teaching quality through meaningful, school-focused professional development that also focuses on continuous school improvement. All places on the political spectrum agree on one point: there is nothing more important to the education of students than the quality of the teacher and her/his teaching. That is, the more teachers know about the subjects they teach, how students learn those subjects, and how they organize instruction so that all children will profit [Read more...]
