Teach Plus Policy Fellow and Memphis Teacher Daniel DeShon writes about the value that late-career professionals can bring to the teaching profession
Recruiting Late-Career Professionals to Teaching
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By The Numbers: Middle School Performance in Shelby County
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State TCAP Data is out! James Aycock breaks down middle school performance to identify who’s doing well and who isn’t for the purpose of learning from the best and improving the rest.
Just the Facts: A Longitudinal Analysis of ASD Schools Before and After Takeover
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By Ezra Howard; The Achievement School District just wrapped up year two in Tennessee with modest growth. However, if we are truly to going to evaluate the ASD, we must do so compared to how schools were doing before the takeover. The results are surprising and carry heavy implications for the future of the ASD and similar districts nation-wide.
Should We Pay Kids to Go To School?
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Should we pay kids to attend school? A new Memphis-based program is doing exactly that. Read about why this might actually produce better results than other programs targeted towards increasing educational attainment in our city.
Alternative Teachers Need Alternative Evaluations
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Teacher evaluations always seemed fairly routine to me. Not much fanfare, not too many problems, even at the alternative school where I teach. However, that changed for me last summer. As I was enjoying my favorite way to wind down…
Memphis KIPP Teacher Honored with National Network Award
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Andrea Criollo, a Memphis Teacher at the KIPP Memphis Collegiate School, is the honoree of this year’s Harriet Ball Excellence in Teaching Award. We had the chance to exclusively interview Ms. Criollo, read more about her reaction here!
New School Board Makeup (?)
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I’ve been watching the polls all night and I need to hit the sack so I can be on my A game for school tomorrow. As of 10:27, it appears our school board winners are likely to be the following individuals:…
A Teaching Profession for My Generation
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This post originally appeared in the Commercial Appeal on Sunday, August 3rd 2014. I have a confession: Halfway through my second year of teaching, I was questioning whether teaching was really the right career for me. I was putting in…
ASD vs SCS: Who’s Doing Better, and Is It Enough to Close the Achievement Gap?
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This TCAP visualizer from chalkbeat is awesome. Everyone with data questions needs to check it out.
The Difference Between Calculation and Mathematics
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Common Core takes geometry out of the realm of mere calculation and into the realm of actual mathematics!