Last week I wrote a bit about TNTP’s Mirage report and the takeaways for those who care a great deal about whether (and why) teacher development really works. You can read more here and here, but the gist was that teacher development is most effective when it’s embedded in a school culture where teachers and leaders…
Last week I posted about a video of Juliana Worrell coaching Ashley Roberts. There were a lot of remarkable things about the clip: yes, the great coaching Juliana provided, but even more compellingly (and importantly, I tried to say), a great culture of openness and teamwork between Juliana and Ashley. My primary takeaway from TNTP’s Mirage…
Two nights ago, a former student at our school in Rochester was shot dead in the street after a basketball game at the Boys and Girls club. You already know the story. A car drove up. Three people were shot dead. The shooter drove away. He was 19, Raekwon, and a good kid. He had struggled…
Part 2: Yesterday, I blogged about the important ‘Mirage’ report, in which TNTP, having done some of the best research on public schools (here and here, for example) studied teacher development and found, to its consternation, that massive investments yielded not only unconvincing results—significant improvement by just 3 out of 10 teachers across three large districts—but…
Note:This is the first of three posts i wrote after reflecting upon TNTP’s outstanding Mirage Report…with apparently dispiriting news about the field’s capacity to help teachers get better. You can find the other two posts here and here. Part I: Last week, an organization I admire immensely, TNTP, came out with a report on Professional Development…