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STEM Education

by Alyson Mike on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 10:38am
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Last month the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology issued a detailed report with recommendations to strengthen the federal role in STEM education. The report calls on the federal government to “set a goal of ensuring over the next decade the recruitment, preparation, and induction support of at least 100,000 new STEM middle and high school teachers who have strong majors in STEM fields and strong content-specific pedagogical preparation, by providing vigorous support for programs designed to produce such teachers.”

Supporting New Teachers of Color and Cultural Diversity

submitted by Karl Forest on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 12:44pm
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Betty Achinstein, Rodney T. Ogawa, Lisa Johnson, Casia Freitas

This Research Brief explores two major areas: 1) What factors impact retention and attrition of new teachers of color, and 2) what factors support new teachers of color to develop and implement practices that address the needs of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backrounds?

Mentoring New Teachers to Increase Retention: A Look at the Research

submitted by Karl Forest on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 2:14pm

As demand for new teachers rises across the country, areas with high teacher attrition rates have negative effects on student achievement and school

Reflections, Spring, 2000

submitted by Karl Forest on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:26pm

Theme: Inquiring Together: The Leadership Network for Teacher Induction. Originally published Spring, 2000 as Volume IV, Number 1. Titles include:

Measuring Target Outcomes

by Karl Forest on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 10:29am
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What methodologies are being used to measure target outcomes such as accelerating new teacher effectiveness, increasing retention, improving student outcomes and developing teacher leaders?