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Learning Forward is the nation’s largest nonprofit membership association focused solely on ensuring success for all students through effective professional learning and school improvement. It advocates for every educator having access to professional learning that is results-driven, standard-based, and job-embedded. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: professional development.

Education Opinion Time to Lead, Empower, and Inspire to New Heights
A great learning experience awaits attendees at Learning Forward's 2012 Summer Conference.
Learning Forward, July 20, 2012
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Education Opinion What Makes a Successful Partnership?
Strong community partnerships and strong professional learning communities share a number of important characteristics.
Learning Forward, July 16, 2012
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Education Opinion Comparing Learning Community Practices
The collaborative learning strategies employed in other sectors might have lessons for educators and vice versa.
Learning Forward, July 11, 2012
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Education Opinion Tackling Common Core... Collaboratively
Teachers in Douglas County, Ga. take on CCSS and new evaluation systems through common district assessments.
Learning Forward, July 2, 2012
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Education Opinion Design Learning That Drives Satisfaction
We must keep autonomy, mastery, and purpose in mind when developing new professional learning systems.
Learning Forward, June 27, 2012
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Education Opinion Staff Agreements Set an Organization's Standards
Staff agreements can be the key to ensuring a productive, effective, and safe working culture.
Learning Forward, June 22, 2012
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Education Opinion Collective Learning Improves Teacher Practice
Effective learning communities provide structures, processes, and products that lead to continuous improvement.
Learning Forward, June 18, 2012
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Education Opinion Let Teachers Take Charge of Their Learning
Teachers in authentic learning communities hold one another accountable and take responsibility for improving themselves and each other.
Learning Forward, June 12, 2012
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Education Opinion How Much Will Common Core Implementation Cost?
A new report focuses on what districts and states can expect to invest in implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
Learning Forward, June 6, 2012
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Education Opinion Investing in Conversations
Effective conversations are essential to the success of a school.
Learning Forward, June 4, 2012
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Education Opinion It's Not Just Practice That Makes Perfect
Whether it's Carnegie Hall or classroom excellence, the route is the same.
Learning Forward, May 30, 2012
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Education Opinion Common Core Contradictions and Challenges
Results from a new study suggest that professional development around the common standards needs to extend beyond knowledge and skills and address educators' dispositions and practice.
Learning Forward, May 23, 2012
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Education Opinion Overcoming Resistance to Change
Solutions for how to overcome resistance to change are as universal as the problem itself.
Learning Forward, May 19, 2012
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Education Opinion Keep Great Ideas Going -- And Growing
Implementation is essential to linking professional learning to changed practices and transformed results.
Learning Forward, May 14, 2012
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