That’s right: May 3-7 is National Teacher Appreciation Week. (We always thought every week should be National Teacher Appreciation Week, but we digress.) This gives us an opportunity to recognize those educators who are in the trenches, every day (and many nights and weekends) dedicating themselves to preparing out students for graduation, college and life in […]
Atlanta Public Schools today announced a three-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the next phase of the district’s 10-year-old school reform program, “Effective Teacher in Every Classroom” (ETEC). The $10 million investment will assist APS’ work to recruit, prepare, place and support effective teachers in every classroom throughout the […]
A seven-member Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) team spent three days this week (Nov. 30-Dec. 2) interviewing APS principals, administrators, parents and community leaders and reviewing a large amount of data as part of the Washington, D.C.-based group’s assessment of the district’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests in […]