Posted on December 19th, 2008 by jkelly
From Judy Wurtzel and Nancy Pelz-Paget, Co-Directors of the Aspen Institute Education and Society Program, in the December 16 Aspen Institute eNewsletter:
Thinking and acting strategically about human capital development and management is the lifeblood of most high-performing businesses and organizations. A new report from the Aspen Institute Education and Society Program, Rethinking Human Capital in [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2008 by jkelly
President-elect Barack Obama named Chicago schools Chief Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education on Tuesday. Known for taking bold steps to reform the nation’s third largest school district, Duncan maintained respectful relationships with teacher unions while replacing ineffective teachers, closing failing schools, and experimenting with performance pay programs, mostly with improved results.
In a New York [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2008 by arodden
Chicago Public School District, one of SMHC’s Case Study districts, is having early success with a federally funded, performance pay pilot program. Chicago Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) is a five-year program that offers bonuses to all staff at nine elementary schools and one high school, depending on the performance of students in those schools. In [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2008 by jkelly
The Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) in Texas, subject of a recent post on the Center for Teaching Quality’s blog, was awarded the 2008 Broad Prize for Urban Education, the nation’s largest education prize awarded to the most improved urban district. While BISD serves one of the poorest populations in America, students in all grades [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2008 by jkelly
In this wide-ranging NPR interview, UFT and AFT president Randi Weingarten discusses a wide range of education issues, explaining her views that “everything should be on the table that is fair to teachers and good for students.”
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Posted on December 11th, 2008 by admin
Guest Post from Janet M. Knupp, Founding President, Chicago Public Education Fund; SMHC Task Force Member; and Presenter at First SMHC Task Force Meeting.
The Chicago Public Education Fund has long been an advocate for high quality leaders in our schools. Similar to the SMHC action plan, The Fund looks for best practices to recruit, support [...]
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Posted on December 5th, 2008 by arodden
An article from Education Daily focuses on the importance of modern staffing and scheduling systems to well-run school districts. Among other factors, antiquated scheduling and staffing systems are behind the significant teacher shortages, low levels of achievement, and large achievements gaps that afflict America’s largest urban districts. Citing the SMHC case studies, this story highlights [...]
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Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by jkelly
A case study on The New Teacher Project (TNTP) is one of nine case studies recently released by SMHC. This case study scrutinizes TNTP’s holistic approach to education, offering a thorough examination of TNTP’s Teacher Fellows recruitment programs, school-level staffing initiatives, and training and certification programs, among other initatives. To review this case study, please [...]
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Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by jkelly
This story in Education Week focuses attention on the need for broad, thoughtful human resource strategies that connect the major components of school districts’ personnel systems. Citing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s increased focus on teacher quality, the SMHC Case Studies and the SMHC National Conference, Education Week reporter Lesli A. Maxwell examines the [...]
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Posted on December 1st, 2008 by jkelly
Medill reporter Whitney Jackson wrote this article on the findings of the SMHC Case Studies, released November 18. Jackson reports on urban districts’ strategies to attract and retain top teacher talent, as well as the future of the human capital debate.
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