• Black-Jewish history not as tidy as often presented

  From Jweekly:

  This month, students across the United States commemorate Black History Month. But at one Bay Area Jewish day school, every month is black history month.

  Students at this Jewish day school — where I spent a semester observing U.S. history classes — spent much of the school year...

• Principals Matter: School Leaders Can Drive Student Learning

  From The Huffington Post:

  Most teachers have long known that they affect the life chances of children. But it took the work of economists to convince the world of public policy to take seriously what is now known as "teacher effectiveness."

  Now one of those very same economists has turned...

• Pennsylvania considers revamping assessments of educators

  From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

  School administrators gave 99.4 percent of all Pennsylvania teachers "satisfactory" ratings during the 2009-10 school year, the latest data available from the state Department of Education show.

  But, said Sandi Jacobs, vice president of the National Council on Teacher Quality: "That kind of teacher evaluation system...

• Digital Learning: What Kids Really Want

  From T.H.E. Journal (Transforming Education Through Technology):

  According to Project Tomorrow CEO Julie Evans, "Today's students have their own 'student vision' for how they want to use technology for learning. That vision," she said, "is really a statement of how students want to learn in general."

  Speaking at FETC National...

• WOW! Look what CJEL is Doing!

  From The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford:

  The Commission on Jewish Education & Leadership recently convened rabbis, educators, and community leaders to learn about WOW!: a collaborative community initiative with Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA). WOW!'S goal is to engage greater numbers of children and families in...

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