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Book Club
Collaborative Leadership: Six Influences That Matter Most By Peter M. DeWitt What type of leadership do you practice? If your answer is transformational or instructional, you’re not a..
Nebraska Affiliate Empowers Change Agents Statewide
This year’s winner of the Learning Forward Foundation’s Affiliate Grant is Learning Forward Nebraska, under the direction of Chad Dumas. The affiliate’s three-year plan for professional learn..
Teams Outline Plans For ESSA Funds
Learning Forward and the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future (NCTAF) hosted Agents for Learning Competition finalists July 21-22 in Chicago. The 12 finalist teams presented their ..
Lessons From Research
What the Study Says University faculty led a three-year teacher professional development initiative to integrate technology into instruction in two rural, high-poverty middle schools in the ..
Tool
As more educators and policymakers embrace Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning (Learning Forward, 2011) for planning, implementing, and evaluating professional learning, they may ..
Essentials
Elementary Focus Not So Elementary: Primary School Teacher Quality in Top-Performing Systems National Center on Education and..
What We Say And What We Mean
We use a lot of jargon and shorthand in education, just as other professions do. Our shorthand helps us move quickly through conversations, establishing that we have a shared understanding of an impor..
What Student Writing Can Teach Us About Teaching
To most English teachers, the paper load is the bane of one’s existence. Unfortunately, this is true both for those who teach writing and other disciplines as well. In many cases, teachers shy away ..
Algebra? There’s An App For That
The transition to Common Core State Standards for Mathematics has created a need for high-quality professional learning on content and pedagogy. This is especially true for algebra 1 teachers in Flori..
Cloud Coaching
Web-based coaching shows significant promise for linking teachers to highly expert practitioners. This is especially important in districts that cannot afford to hire full-time school-based coaches or..
