State Board of Education

Watch this video of a young student tells the entire Dallas school district that if the adults believe in and have high expectations for the students, then they can all graduate ready for college or the workforce:

Denver public schools develop own school performance framework which includes ACT data, and is used to accredit […]

Effective Leaders
A book from Education Sector’s Andy Rotherham (also a member of the VA State Board of Ed.) on teacher and leader excellence.
Effective Teachers
Teachers in East Tennessee make classrooms paperless.
Thoughtful perspective on what is teaching by Alfie Kohn: “It’s not what we teach, it’s what they learn.”
Sufficient Resources
Diploma to nowhere report and executive summary.

The Basic Education Program Review Committee will meet on Friday, September 19th (10AM to 2PM)
Location:
TSBA Headquarters
525 Brick Church Park Drive
Nashville, TN 37027
(800) 448 - 6465

There will be a meeting of the BEP Maintenance of Effort Subgroup (SJR 1180) on Thursday, September 18th (1:30PM to 3:00PM)
Meeting Location: State Board of Education Conference Room
710 James Robertson Parkway
9th Floor Andrew Johnson Tower
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741 - 2966

There will be a meeting of the BEP Technology Subgroup on Tuesday, September 16 (1PM to 2:30PM)
Meeting Location: State Board of Education Conference Room
710 James Robertson Parkway
9th Floor Andrew Johnson Tower
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741 - 2966

There will be a Teacher Advisory Council meeting on September 23rd (10AM to 3PM)
Meeting Location: State Board of Education Conference Room
710 James Robertson Parkway
9th Floor Andrew Johnson Tower
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741 - 2966

24/7 School Reform: the ideas of three thinkers and doers combined.
The non-innovation election.
Effective Leaders
A review of The 8th Habit, applied to education through the Master Plan lens.
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean lays out his proposals for helping improve access to great teaching for all students. Video below, story here.

Effective Teachers
Great teachers, not great buildings, make […]

Rigorous, Relevant Curriculum
The large hadron rap:

Sufficient Resources
“Hole in the wall” education technology experiments show how children teach themselves. In this video, Sugata Mitra talks about why education technology should be piloted in “remote” areas first - both those that are geographically remote, and those where students may be economically or socially remote from more […]