On February 27, the Senate’s E-12 Finance and Policy Committee had a hearing on Senate File 485, a bill that would legitimize and create the opportunity for competency-based education in Minnesota. Alongside Education Evolving, two national organizations—KnowledgeWorks and...
This is the third post in a series on retaining teachers. The prior post looked at the data on teacher turnover and why it matters. This post explores the factors that contribute to high turnover.
Addressing the problem of teacher turnover—and the negative effects on students, teachers, and schools that come with it—requires looking deeply at its...
This month we kicked off a year-long blog series on the topic of teacher retention. In this first post, we begin by summarizing the data that’s available on the problem of teacher turnover and evidence on the negative impacts of this turnover.
Earlier this month, the Professional Education Standards and Licensing Board (PELSB) released the...
From January through May, the newscycle and policy discussions are dominated by happenings at the Capitol. While that’s going on this year, however, a lesser known but incredibly important discussion around what skills, knowledge, and dispositions teacher candidates must understand and demonstrate before they receive a license has been taking place at the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB).
Specifically, on September 14 PELSB opened rulemaking for the Standards of Effective Practice (SEP), which are...
Teachers have long been identified as the number one in-school factor influencing student outcomes. Conversely, teacher turnover, which has increased 20 to 30 percent over the last several decades, is correlated with lower student outcomes and contributes to school cultures where churn and...
Last week, the Minnesota Senate introduced a bill (SF485) that would explicitly authorize schools and districts to do competency-based education (CBE).
The bill is the culmination of conversations and collaboration with over 100 educators, students, legislators, and advocates around Minnesota over the last two years. Its purpose is...
This post was written by Education Evolving staff
We hope your year is off to a great start! As students and teachers return from break, and legislators convene for the session, we’d like to take time to reflect on the past 12 months. After a year of partnerships cultivated and important work done, we’re resolved to make 2019 another banner year. Below are some highlights from the last year, and how they set us up for the new one.
In 2018: We advocated for and helped to implement...
Last week, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) joined several other states when it released its updated “Report Card” website as required by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Many of the new ESSA reporting requirements focus on increasing transparency and providing families,...
The first weekend of December, more than 320 educators and supporters convened in Boston for the third Teacher-Powered Schools National Conference. Designing for Success, the theme of the sold out 2018 gathering, was tailored to attendees interested in professionalizing teacher roles and moving school decisions and design toward those closest to the students—teachers.
For attendees, the conference was a welcome chance to...
Now that it’s November, we at Education Evolving are focused on our upcoming Teacher-Powered Schools National Conference. Kicking off November 30 in Boston, the conference is the culmination of months of planning, and an opportunity to convene a national network of teachers designing and leading student-centered schools.
With that in mind, we’re taking a break from the blog until we get to the other side of this event.
While we’re out, we hope you’ll check out some of our recent publications:
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