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Two New Board Members Elected
Valeria Brown of Winter Springs, Florida, and Sharon Contreras of Greensboro, North Carolina, have been elected to the Learning Forward Board of Trustees. Their terms began at the conclusion of the 20..
How To Cultivate Teacher Voice
Years later, the story still makes us queasy. A group of teachers in a southern state (identities concealed to protect the innocent) were fighting for change to education legislation. They demanded a ..
The Coach’s Learning Community
The challenges inherent in increasing student literacy outcomes are well-documented, especially in underperforming schools. These challenges are made greater in schools that have high turnover in staf..
Training The Trainers
While most principal supervisors are former principals themselves, few come to the role with specific training in how to do the job effectively. For this reason, both the Washington, D.C., and Tulsa, ..
How Much Support Is Enough?
How much support do my learners really need? How much independence can they handle? When do I step in? When do I back off? Those are the questions that effective literacy teachers ask. Those are also ..
I Say
On how the way we learn naturally should influence professional learning in education: “You have to think that, at some point, the way in which people learn outside of school — with like-minded..
From the director
The 22 districts participating in Learning Forward’s Redesign PD Community of Practice share our concerns that too few educators experience effective professional learning that will help them ensur..
Abstracts
The power of thinking big. By Eric Celeste Communities of practice have become important tools for districts striving to improve teacher quality in a way that improves student ou..
