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Using Micro-credentials to Recognize the Skills of New and Experienced Teachers

Digital Promise

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. see this 2002 Education Week report ). Performance assessments like the edTPA have been found to predict teaching effectiveness.

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Making ‘Big Data’ useful rather than scary for teachers

The Hechinger Report

“They’re trying to develop in students and teachers and principals the need to have data to make better decisions.”. Miriam Greenberg, director of education and communications at Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research. He has already been structuring his pacing and lesson plans based on this early prep.

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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Related: When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk. Schools used their professional development budgets, and were able to use federal money, for teacher training to support work toward the switch. I think that’s being answered in different ways across the state.”.

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Using Micro-credentials to Recognize the Skills of New and Experienced Teachers

Digital Promise

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. see this 2002 Education Week report ). Performance assessments like the edTPA have been found to predict teaching effectiveness.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. Today, nearly every DelSesto lesson plan unspools from a Summit-brand “playlist,” a menu of personalized activities.

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