Districts eager for SB 191 pilot
Nearly a quarter of Colorado school districts have applied to participate in field-testing of new principal and teacher evaluation methods.
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Gates gives $9.7M for Colorado reforms
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing $9.7 million to help Colorado school districts implement and integrate key education reforms.
Seeking state-local balance on evaluations
A key issue in Colorado’s educator effectiveness law – how much flexibility school districts should have in evaluating teachers – remains in play.
SBE dives into evaluation details
The State Board of Education got a better sense Thursday of just how tricky a job it faces in crafting new educator evaluations.
Much work ahead on evaluation system
The ball has been passed to the state Department of Education to flesh out new principal and teacher evaluation systems. With links
Kit Carson wins SB 191 waivers
The State Board of Education has approved a groundbreaking innovation application from the Kit Carson school district.
Effectiveness council gets some advice
Three superintendents and two education lobbyists had some clear words of caution for the State Council for Educator Effectiveness.
Study: Turn teacher prep “upside down”
A report calls for converting teacher preparation to a “clinical” model and making educator training a shared responsibility of higher ed and K-12
Video: State project aims to improve teaching
State officials Monday officially kicked off a project designed to better coordinate efforts to improve educator effectiveness statewide.
Effectiveness council still getting organized
The State Council for Educator Effectiveness is considering ramping up its meeting schedule to handle the work assigned it by the state’s groundbreaking new educator evaluation law.
