Professional Development
Assessing President Obama’s Educational Reform Initiative
President Obama has proposed immediate educational reform. The reform will include the introduction of rigorous standards, curriculum innovation, along with greater accountability among both students and teachers. Can this reform initiative work in light of current educational policy?
Since becoming President earlier this year, President Obama has repeated the ideas first introduced during his campaign. In a recent speech, he outlined four key areas strategies of his educational reform initiative More...
Finding Time for Professional Development
School reform necessitates that teachers learn and apply new methods of teaching. This translates into the need for long-term professional development in which teachers focus on changing their teaching practices. The problem is where do teachers find the time to fit to accommodate training into an already busy schedule? The demands posed by daily teaching and other aspects of current school reform continue to absorb most of a teacher’s energy, thoughts, and focus. This article will discuss the important issue of how to carve out sufficient time, opportunity and other resources teachers need to carry out reform initiatives.More.... |
