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Working with Teachers to Develop Fair and Reliable Measures of Effective Teaching
The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was designed to provide a new knowledge base for practitioners and policymakers working to strengthen the teaching profession. This report offers an in-depth look at the project, which aims to share insights and develop new tools for improving teacher evaluations.
If you missed the launch of Strada’s Opportunity Index this spring, you should really go back and dig in. Essentially, the index puts together five priority action areas and compelling state-by-state data to push states to better connect education after high school and jobs.
Math can be more complicated. With math, mistakes are not just unavoidable; they are essential. When students are encouraged to explore, experiment, and, yes, fail, they build resilience and develop a robust problem-solving mindset. Mistakes are a key part of math! In Quanta magazine recently, the topologist Danny Calgary discusses learning and growing from mistakes and disappointment in math.
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