Teacher evaluation requirement has wide impact
Part 2 of a series analyzing the nation’s effort to improve its lowest-performing schools focuses on the mandate to overhaul teacher evaluations
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Video: Education Nation teacher town hall
If you missed Sunday’s teacher town hall, hosted by NBC’s Education Nation, here are the videos
Growing pains at Denver’s Lake campus
Part 1 of a series examining the effort to turn around the nation’s lowest-performing schools, with snapshots of three Colorado campuses
Verdict still out on school turnarounds
Two years into the nation’s nearly $5 billion effort to turn around its worst-performing schools, there’s still no verdict on its effectiveness
Students line up to question Albright
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tells students the economy, not other countries, is biggest threat to U.S.
Dougco, union begin public talks
Proposals submitted in advance of Wednesday’s first public negotiations show the two sides far apart on teacher pay and other issues
Adams 12 proposing $12 million in cuts
The state’s fifth largest school district is proposing to cut 60 jobs and reduce employee pay by 3 percent to balance its 2012-13 budget
Test questions in Denver, Aurora
Colorado is not facing a testing scandal, the state assessment chief says, after score anomalies were recently cited in two large districts
Five questions for Mike Miles
A non-traditional superintendent laments a lack of courage among education leaders and looks to a famous Kennedy for inspiration.
Miles picked for Dallas schools chief
It looks like Harrison Schools Superintendent Mike Miles is heading to Dallas to run the nation’s 14th largest school district
