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VIVA Teacher Leaders Help the DOE Get Engaged
VIVA Teacher Leaders were well-represented at the US Department of Education’s launch of their “Project RESPECT” initiative. The full article was first published on the DOE website. Teachers and...
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NBC Teacher Town Hall, a Meeting of Convergent Volume
by Wade Sutton “…And thus the Native hue of Resolution Is sicklied o’er, with the pale cast of Thought And enterprises of great pitch and moment, With this regard their Currents turn awry, And lose...
View ArticleEducation Reform: Teachers Have Always Been at the Forefront
By Mary Cathryn Ricker I was intrigued by Jay Mathews’ Washington Post column that proclaims “Teachers leaning in favor of reforms.” I do appreciate that he points out he has never once written about...
View ArticleTeacher prep: Let’s get clinical
by James Kobialka Teaching is not a profession which can be taught through lectures and reports. Just as doctors must be trained in hospitals, in practices, so must teachers be trained in classrooms...
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Implementing the Common Core State Standards: Too Little, Too Soon
By Freeda Pirillis As a nation, we have made a shift from varying state standards to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a national benchmark for all students. These standards have aimed to level...
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Giftedness in our Classrooms: Remove the Ceiling and Give Them Room to Grow
By Sara Arnold Kids are insightful; if you give them busy work, they immediately recognize it for what it is. But if you engage them in authentic, real-life problem solving at high levels of...
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NCTQ’s Teacher Prep Review
By Freeda Pirillis In December of 2010, six VIVA Teachers excitedly walked into the U.S. Department of Education for the first time. Report in hand, each was prepared to discuss a list of...
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