Learning Forward

Volunteer for New Annual Awards Committee Join the committee that will review nominations for Learning Forward’s new Annual Awards, to be presented during the Annual Conference in December. The committee will discuss, review, and score nominations in three categories: Advancing Professional Learning, Excellence in Professional Learning Practice, and Leading for […]

Learning Forward has released two reports to give educators, policymakers, and community members a deeper understanding of high-quality professional learning and the role it plays in building educator capacity. Meet the Promise of Content Standards: Professional Learning Required focuses on the critical role that professional learning plays in implementing content […]

Taking Action: Professional Learning Challenges By Stephanie Hirsh and Shirley Hord This tool, adapted from A Playbook for Professional Learning: Putting the Standards Into Action by Stephanie Hirsh and Shirley Hord (Learning Forward, 2012), is one of many activities that offer readers opportunities to engage with each other to expand […]

Spotlight: Data Quality Campaign  Data Quality Campaign is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, national advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Launched in 2005 by 10 founding partners, Data Quality Campaign now leads a partnership of nearly 100 organizations, including Learning Forward, committed to realizing the vision of an education system in which […]

DALLAS—July 17, 2012—Learning Forward announces the release of Meet the Promise of Content Standards: Professional Learning Required, a brief on the critical role that professional learning plays in implementing content standards. The brief outlines a vision for educators supported through high-quality professional learning and calls attention to the urgent need for […]

NEW YORK, July 17, 2012 - Learning Forward, the organization that created the Standards for Professional Learning, and Tutor.com, the leader in one-to-one, on-demand learning solutions, are collaborating on a new, high-impact service to maximize the effectiveness of thousands of instructional coaches. Offered through the Learning Forward Center for Results, […]

MetLife Foundation Supports Dissemination and Implementation of Learning Forward's Standards for Professional Learning DALLAS—June 12, 2012—Learning Forward has received a $350,000 grant from MetLife Foundation to encourage and enable the implementation of standards in professional learning to increase effective teaching and collaborative learning, particularly in high-needs schools. This grant will help […]

Second-Grade Team at McWhirter Elementary Professional Development Laboratory School Receives Learning Forward's Shirley Hord Learning Team Award DALLAS—June 1, 2012—Learning Forward and Corwin announced the second-grade team at McWhirter Elementary Professional Development Laboratory School, Clear Creek Independent School District, Webster, Texas, as the winner of the Shirley Hord Learning Team […]

The words are made up, but what they describe is not: the tough test that would-be principals encounter when they apply for a job in Prince George’s County, Md. A diverse school district hugging the eastern border of Washington, D.C., Prince George’s County has introduced rigorous hiring methods and other […]