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Florida district in redesign PD community of practice partners with teachers
As one of 22 districts participating in the Redesign PD Community of Practice, facilitated by Learning Forward, Lake County Schools is learning the importance of redesigning professional learning in p..
An argument for learning
Scientists learn about the work of others largely through reading. They read publications in their field looking for what’s new, often expecting that their understanding may change as a result of co..
Align your district's professional learning under ESSA
The single most important way to achieve equity and excellence is by ensuring a knowledgeable and skillful educator workforce. Ensuring the availability of excellent educators for all students require..
What I’ve Learned
First, I admit that I have arranged bad professional learning for teachers in the past. Unfortunately, school leaders often look for presenters and initiatives that fill the time allotted. Most school..
Pilot program aims high
Denver Public Schools’ Professional Learning Center was still relatively new when it decided to tackle a problem of practice that has vexed systems and departments across the country: How to measure..
Our take
As we wrap up this issue of The Learning Professional, the Trump administration has just issued its budget proposal. As anticipated, it includes many cuts, including in education. Of particular intere..
Partners in a common cause
For many districts, evaluation is an afterthought to implementing a new initiative. Educators participate in professional learning experiences, apply what they learn to their practice, and then, at so..
Member Spotlight
Position: Teacher and program coordinator at Ridgeview Charter School in Sandy Springs, Georgia In education: 21 years Learning Forward member since: 2007 How Learning Forward helped her: The..
Learning that’s made to measure
Thirty years ago, I served as a program evaluator for the California International Studies Project, a consortium led by Stanford University that included world affairs organizations, colleges, univers..
Here we go
I was anxious. It was early March, and the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) was naming its first-ever winners of a new initiative called Great Districts for Great Teachers, designed to recog..
