I wrote a piece last week about how Governor Haslam’s new stance on Common Core might actually be a tactic to save the core here in Tennessee. Given the Governor’s previous support for the core and the way in which…
As adults, we constantly need to master new skills and adjust our thinking to new information to solve the many challenges facing our world. Our schools should be designed to empower our children to accomplish the same. To accomplish this,…
From Andy Spears and the Tennessee Education Report: Schools Matter has a series of posts up on the Measuring Effectiveness in Teaching project sponsored by the Gates Foundation. Of note is the use of video cameras to record Tennessee classrooms and…