Reading Time: 4 minutes …n, but that is not the same as the shared collective work that occurs in a community of learners that has a common goals. This didn’t feel like a learning community. It could be a network, but because the topics were so diverse, it didn’t seem to have the focus of the Networks I have experienced. I did observe small group dialogue about teaching issues, how time was spent, concerns about case load, questions about procedures, curiosity about new p…

Reading Time: 5 minutes …the basis of their students’ scores on virtually meaningless standardized exams.” [2] Commentaries like this seem to be getting a lot of attention in the press and social media. Each time I read about another teacher’s dissatisfaction or about unrest in a school district regarding the implementation of school reform policies, I wonder about the context, about how the policies were rolled out, about the culture of the building, about the “back sto…

Reading Time: 4 minutes …value college above workforce entry? I am certain that it doesn’t mean that 100% of the time. Yet, for much of its history our educational system has placed students who have experienced greater academic success into college-bound coursework and placed less academically successful students into less demanding coursework that may not prepare them for college or a career. This “tracking” has left us with a two-tier system where college remains the m…

Reading Time: 4 minutes …on new data from preservice assessment measures, such as edTPA. You are welcome to contact Dr. Joyce with questions and to share your ideas on how this publication might be used in your context. I would like to thank Bruce for his willingness to engage in this interview, and his life-long contributions to student and teacher learning. Bruce Joyce, Booksend Laboratories Brucejoyce40@gmail.com This blog by Deb Hansen, Senior Policy Analyst, West Win…