• E.E. Ford Leadership Grant: Changing the Face of Professional Development

    June 18, 2011

    The Center for Teaching (CFT) at The Westminster Schools received a 2-year, E.E. Ford Foundation Leadership Grant to build a collaborative project between the Atlanta Public Schools and a consortium of independent Schools in Atlanta (Woodward Academy, Atlanta Girls School, Pace Academy, The Lovett School, and The Westminster Schools).  The four goals of the project…

  • Failing Behind, Let’s Get In Snych with Top-Performing Nations

    June 18, 2011

    Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: An American Agenda for Education Reform, written by Marc Tucker, President of National Center on Education and the Economy, is a report fresh off the press that provides a possible path for education reform in the United States.  The reports spells out that our current path towards reform is…

  • Are students overly stressed from school?

    June 16, 2011

    Picture of Richard Weissbourd Richard Weissbourd, from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, has authored a book about how parents contribute to the emotional and moral development of their children.  His book, The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children’s Moral and Emotional Development, has received good reviews over the past few years. …

  • Project-based Learning at the CFT Summer Institute

    June 14, 2011

    This summer the CFT is hosting a series of workshops organized by a variety of teachers from Westminster, Drew Charter, and other organizations.  One of the 2-day workshops being organized is PBL: Let’s Build Something Together, run by Bo Adams and Jill Gough.  Bo and Jill have been collaborating for many years on helping the…

  • Singapore Math Workshop at Drew Charter School

    June 14, 2011

    Cntact the CFT for more information about our Summer Institute at robertr@westminster.net.

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