This piece originally appeared in The 74. Now more than ever, a high-quality STEM education matters. The STEM fields cultivate curiosity and creativity while preparing students to reach their highest potential in work and life. They are also critical for...
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Teachers have a unique view into some of the issues holding their schools back, but rarely have the time or resources to clearly define the problem or explore ways they can use leadership to address these challenges. The Teacher Leadership...
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With the support of the Joyce Foundation, Education First has facilitated a Community of Practice with chief talent officers in Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Chicago on their efforts to improve teacher preparation in their districts. In the coming weeks, we will...
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Kevin Cormier is a 7th and 8th grade math teacher at Nissitissit Middle School in Pepperell, MA. You can learn more about Kevin’s teacher leadership here. Over the past couple of years, there have been more and more narratives about...
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My grade-level colleagues and I attended the Teacher Leadership in Action Conference at the Microsoft Center in Burlington, MA on December 1st, 2017. The event was sponsored by Education First and included educators, administrators, consultants, and advocates. I included many of...
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Sydney Chaffee knew that she wanted to be a teacher when she was in college and realized that she wanted to be in class learning new things all the time. Matthew Condon loved school so much as a child that...
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To give all students great educational opportunities, we need outstanding teachers in our classrooms. But we can’t forget that, when participating in teacher preparation programs and professional development, teachers are students themselves—and they also need the support of great educators...
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To give all students great educational opportunities, we need outstanding teachers in our classrooms. But we can’t forget that, when participating in teacher preparation programs and professional development, teachers are students themselves—and they also need the support of great educators...
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We can’t give every child access to a great education without highly effective educators. But improving educator quality isn’t easy—it requires coordinated, aggressive change across multiple institutions, including schools, districts, states and even universities. It’s clear that no single entity...
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It’s been more than 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education established educational equity as a right in our democracy. Yet that right is still far from reality for America’s low-income students and students of color. One reason for...
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