High+Quality+Teachers+and+Education's+Role+in+Society

High Quality Teachers/Teaching Margaret Todd

Links of interest....

=Teachers Wonder, Why the Scorn?= New York Times article on current view of teacher by the general public, politicians and teachers themselves.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/education/03teacher.html?ref=education

To make good schools better, we need to look at factors other than adequate yearly progress.
http://www.nais.org/about/article.cfm?ItemNumber=147142 =The Status and Prestige of Teachers and Teaching= By Linda Hargreaves - Can only access the beginning of the article unless money is exchanged.

http://springerlink3. metapress.com/content/ n53202653j4l2455/abstract/

=How the School of the Future Got It Right= ===This New York City, 6-12 school measures student ability through formative assessments, presentations, exhibitions, and tests. Their special sauce? A rigorous focus on measuring "authentic" tasks tied to real world challenges.=== http://www.edutopia.org/stw-assessment-school-of-the-future

What the World Can Teach Us About New Teacher Induction - see notes on the discussion page.