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Having headed a districtwide technology initiative for the last five years, an Alabama teacher reflects on past leadership missteps and how she’s since corrected them.

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Opponents of the Common Core State Standards take aim at assessments aligned to the standards, seeing them as a weak link that may slow the common core's momentum. (Education Week)
Dozens of Teach for America members looking to get placed in Minnesota classrooms are facing tougher scrutiny from the state. (Associated Press)
Colorado districts will begin using high-stakes teacher effectiveness ratings this fall, after three years of development and pilot testing. (Associated Press)
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The Walton Family Foundation, already the largest single donor to Teach For America, has committed an additional $20 million to recruit, train, and place an additional 4,000 corps members.
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A majority of states say they have already begun to teach a curriculum aligned with the Common Core State Standards in at least some districts or grade levels.
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The common-core standards lack an essential element in ignoring civics education, Web Hutchins writes. (Education Week)

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