Press Releases

DALLAS—November 15, 2011—Learning Forward recently released three videos to enhance implementation of its newly revised Standards for Professional Learning. The standards were released in July, at Learning Forward’s Summer Conference […]

Georgia, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Utah, and Washington Selected as “Critical Friends” Who Will Review and Contribute to Development of Kentucky System DALLAS—November 2, 2011—Kentucky will serve as the […]

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, […]