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‘No big payoffs’ to teacher evaluation push
Teacher-effectiveness programs funded by the Gates Foundation didn’t improve students’ achievement, reports Madeline Will in Ed Week. A...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 25, 20182 min read
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Tried-and-true vs. innovation
Educators are obsessed with innovation, while ignoring the tried and true, writes Mike Schmoker in Education Week. For example, “ongoing...
Joanne Jacobs
May 3, 20181 min read
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Reinventing school districts
The 74 is running excerpts from the book. “Schools work better when their leaders have the autonomy to run their schools; when they are...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 26, 20171 min read
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Valedictorians — but not visionaries
Most valedictorians don’t become “disruptive” innovators — or millionaires, reports The 74. “[Valedictorians] do well, but they don’t go...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 5, 20172 min read
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Indianapolis innovates
Indianapolis is expanding school choice, writes David Osborne in Education Next. In addition to having a mayor who can authorize charter...
Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20171 min read
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Beyond the classroom
New high schools are “demolishing the classroom,”, writes Leslie Nguyen-Okwu on OZY. With a $10 million grant from the XQ: Super Schools...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 25, 20171 min read
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