Press Releases

DALLAS—August 23, 2011—Learning Forward has received a $500,000 grant from Sandler Foundation to launch Transforming Professional Learning to Prepare College- and Career-Ready Students: Implementing the Common Core. This two-year initiative […]

DALLAS—July 20, 2011—Learning Forward has received a $500,000 grant from MetLife Foundation to disseminate and implement its newly revised Standards for Professional Learning. Forty professional associations and education organizations contributed […]

DALLAS—July 19, 2011—The third-grade team from Clinton Elementary School in Lancaster County School District, Lancaster, S.C., is the winner of the 2011 Shirley Hord Learning Team Award. This award, presented […]

DALLAS—July 19, 2011—Learning Forward yesterday released the newly revised Standards for Professional Learning, the third iteration of standards outlining the characteristics of professional learning that lead to effective teaching practices, […]

DALLAS—March 31, 2011—Learning Forward received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase educators’ access to information about effective teaching. Learning Forward will develop conference offerings and […]

DALLAS—May 31, 2011—Learning Forward is pleased to announce that 22 of its 30 active state and provincial affiliates have officially changed their affiliate names to reflect the new name of […]