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Some New Teacher Evaluation Systems Do Make a Difference by Thomas Toch

twenty20.com/@anotherwomack When Education Next paired my recent article, “A New Era for the Battle over Teacher Evaluations,” as a “Behind the Headlines” item with “When Fancy New Teacher-Evaluation Systems Don’t Make a Difference,” by Rick Hess, I read with interest Rick’s suggestion that the teacher-evaluation reform movement hasn’t made much of a difference, and I tracked d...

The essential role of scribbling in the imaginative and cognitive development of young children

This paper sets out to explore the thinking underpinning young children’s earliest drawings, often regarded as ‘scribbling.’ It questions whether the physical satisfaction of making marks is sufficient reward for this often repeated activity, or whether with each repetition children…

SuperReader Phonics Level 4 English Word Blend Sound am | Best Phonics Reading Program

SuperReader Phonics Level 4 English Word Blend Sound am | Best Phonics Reading Program by Arlene Kay

Amazing Brain

Surprisingly, your brain can also work on a problem even while you are sleeping and are not aware of anything. But it does this only if you concentrate on trying to solve the problem before falling asleep. In the morning,…

EdNext Podcast: Do Teachers Matter Most? by Education Next

The Spring 2016 issue of Education Next is devoted to commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Coleman Report, a landmark study of equality of educational opportunity in the U.S. led by sociologist James S. Coleman. The Coleman Report is often…