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Drew Charter School is a STEAM school, STEM with an A for Art. Their academic program focuses on the five core disciplines, but with a significant emphasis on art. The art program is both a stand-alone program, as well as a program that is integrated into other disciplines. The School partners with Georgia State School…
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When I did a Google search for the subject, the Art of Teaching, I came up with 160 million entries. There were articles on the art of teaching, a book entitled, Zen and Art of Teaching, academies devoted to the “art of teaching,” and a subheading under classroom management page of www.teachervision.com, called the “art…
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The topic of faculty evaluation has been front-and-center as a result of President Obama’s Race-to-the-Top initiative. Many states, which submitted RT3 grants and had them approved, had to commit to improving their framework for faculty evaluation. In most cases, new state frameworks involve linking a teacher’s evaluation to their students’ test score data. There are…
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With the passage of the Charter School Amendment in Georgia, Amendment 1 on the ballot, now is the time to plan and look ahead. While I did not support the amendment because I believe we need to invest in improving our public schools, using tax dollars to innovate the teaching and learning environment, I do…
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Educators from all over the country, many in higher education, are writing about the state of affairs in faculty evaluation in K-12 schools. The current edition of Phi Delta Kappan is devoted to teacher evaluation. While I have not all the articles in this edition, I intend to make my way through them to continue my quest…
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