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Yong Zhao
Yong Zhao is the Presidential Chair of Global Education and Online Learning at the University of Oregon, and serves as the Associate Dean for Global Education and Online...
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Dennis Van Roekel is a 23-year teaching veteran and longtime activist and advocate for children and public education.  As President of the 3.2 million-member National...
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White House
President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have made teaching quality a major focus of federal education policy — and rightly so. Teachers are the most powerful...
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On December 15, I joined 4 educators and the Kentucky Commissioner of Higher Education, Dr. Terry Holliday, to speak on a panel on Capitol Hill about mentoring.  The panel...
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Clarissa Williams works with mentor Sharon Grady
Original article written by Clarissa Williams,  Mentor, New Teacher Center—Chicago Originally published at TakePart.com In the article below, Clarissa Williams writes...
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Featured Resources

submitted by Karl Forest on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 8:52pm
Original Author: 
Lisa S. Johnson, American Institutes for Research; Liam Goldrick, New Teacher Center; Molly Lasagna, American Institutes for Research

This paper explores the intersection between state induction policy and local induction program implementation and examines the question: How does state policy impact the development and quality of local induction programs?

submitted by Liam Goldrick on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 6:53am
Original Author: 
Liam Goldrick

This paper presents a summary and analysis of Mathematica Policy Research Inc.'s randomized controlled trial of comprehensive teacher induction programs. The study, funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education's Institute for Education Sciences, found that beginning teachers