Posted on August 28th, 2008 by arodden
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The recent NPR report on the improvements in the Chicago Public Schools underscores the importance of recruiting and retaining top teacher and principal talent as a foundation for implementing a variety of curriculum, instructional and school governance changes that together are producing handsome improvements in student learning. Claudio Sanchez reports that, “The [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2008 by arodden
A recent study sponsored by IBM and the Human Capital Institute on talent management practices in public and private sector organizations provides one more piece of evidence that comprehensive and strategic talent management is linked to organizational performance, findings that support the fundamental purposes and goals of the SMHC effort. The study concludes that two [...]
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Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by arodden
One strategy some urban districts are using to solve their teacher quality and shortage problems is to “grow their own” teachers, including having them spend at least a year in a residency program during which intensive assistance is provided to help the new teachers learn and deploy effective instructional practices. A new Aspen Institute paper [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2008 by admin
Guest post from Sharon Robinson, SMHC Task Force Member, and President and Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education:
Relevant to the work of SMHC, here are two documents from AACTE’s recent Day on the Hill (June 18-19th, 2008). The theme of the visits was Partnerships That Work: Turning Around Low-Performing Schools. As these documents [...]
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Posted on August 15th, 2008 by jkelly
Several education reform organizations that seek to improve the recruitment and management of talented teachers and principals are recognized by Fast Company, a leading business magazine. Many of these organizations are affiliated with SMHC through the Task Force.
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Posted on August 14th, 2008 by admin
Guest post from National Association of Secondary School Principals Executive Director Gerald Tirozzi:
The National Association of Secondary School Principals would like to share the following position statements relating to some of the issues that emerged at the first SMHC Task Force meeting. The first one is on the issue of national standards, the second is on highly effective [...]
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Posted on August 11th, 2008 by arodden
The following blurb was sent out to the 5,000 plus susbcribers to the NYC Department of Education News and Views from the DOE listserv:
DOE Talent Management Strategies Showcased at SMHC Meeting
New York City’s strategies for recruiting, developing, and retaining
teachers and principals were highlighted this week at Strategic
Management of Human Capital’s Task Force meeting in Washington,
D.C. [...]
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Posted on August 7th, 2008 by jkelly
Mayoral control of city schools is both an old topic and a very important current issue. A recent blog post on BaltimoreSun.com talks about Mayor Dixon’s potential interested in taking back control of the Baltimore school system.
In some large cities, mayors have had substantial influence over public schools, through power to appoint school board members and authority [...]
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Posted on August 5th, 2008 by jkelly
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We’re pleased to post this article from The Australian, a major newspaper in Australia, in which it is reported that the president of the Australian Federation of Teachers announced his union’s support for a national system establishing advanced standards for excellent teaching, assessing teachers against those standards and financially rewarding [...]
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Posted on August 4th, 2008 by arodden
SMHC has just received word that the Joyce Foundation in Chicago will provide a grant for SMHC to identify the state policy implications of local initiatives that constitute strategic management of human capital in school districts. Dr. Margaret Goertz, a co-director of CPRE at the University of Pennsylvania, will lead this analytic effort.
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