By Scott Marion | National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment | January 3, 2019
State-mandated teacher evaluations haven’t fulfilled promises to increase teacher quality and student learning. So, what went wrong?
How to Remodel Our Assessment System: Part I
By Deborah Good, Director of Organization Learning and Research | October 23, 2018
What would it mean to put students at the center of our state’s assessment system? We asked 40 different experts in education; here’s what we found.
Tearing Down the Silos of Work and School
Tearing Down the Silos of Work and School By Tony Monfiletto, Director | courtesy of iNACOL | October 16, 2018 “We must connect students to real-life experiences so they can master the skills to thrive in a career over the long term.” “As a life-long educator and father of four daughters in New Mexico public schools, here is what simultaneously …
The Yazzie/Martinez School Sufficiency Decision Is About Way More than Money
The Yazzie/Martinez School Sufficiency Decision Is About Way More than Money By Edward Tabet-Cubero, NM Coalition for the Majority | August 2, 2018 “As a life-long educator and father of four daughters in New Mexico public schools, here is what simultaneously frustrates me and also gives me hope—WE KNOW WHAT WORKS; we just don’t do it!” “Here is what simultaneously …
Graduating as an Undocumented Scholar: DACA’s Role in Building Collective Power
Graduating as an Undocumented Scholar: DACA’s Role in Building Collective Power By Rafael A. Martinez | June 21, 2018 “Living undocumented often feels like a battle between being in/out of the shadows, but DACA allowed undocumented youth the privilege of coming out of the shadows.””Living undocumented often feels like a battle between being in/out of the shadows, but DACA allowed …
4 Things Business and Community Leaders Should Know to Help our Schools Succeed
4 Things Business and Community Leaders Should Know to Help our Schools Succeed By Tony Monfiletto, Future Focused Education | June 7, 2018 “People want our schools to succeed and there is plenty of good will that we should tap to do so. Imagining new relationships with new partners is our task and it will take more than our systems …
Teacher Stress Is Real Because Teaching Well Is Hard: How Inspired and Collaborative Professional Development Can Help
Teacher Stress Is Real Because Teaching Well Is Hard: How Inspired and Collaborative Professional Development Can Help By Sheryl Chard, Sofia Center, Bosque School | May 24, 2018 “If it were just the stress of May, it might not be so concerning, but forty-six percent of teachers report high levels of daily stress throughout the year, a rate on par …
How our School System is Failing Immigrant Students
How our School System is Failing Immigrant Students By Rachel White, Refugees of New Mexico, Highland High School | May 10, 2018 “He told me though teary eyes this week that sometimes he gets so frustrated that he wants to go back to Rwanda. He said, “Sometimes I want to go back to my country. I feel really sad, like …
How Siembra Leadership High is Breaking the Mold of Traditional School
How Siembra Leadership High is Breaking the Mold of Traditional School By Henry Rael, McCune Charitable Foundation of New Mexico | April 12, 2018 “We know that traditional ways of “doing school” just don’t work for a lot of the kids in our City and Siembra is developing a distinct alternative that puts core capacities at the center of what …
A ‘Miscalculation’ On Our Standardized Tests Negatively Affected My School’s Letter Grade
A ‘Miscalculation’ On Our Standardized Tests Negatively Affected My School’s Letter Grade By Jeff Tuttle, teacher, Monte Vista Elementary School | February 1, 2018 “The announcement of our miscalculated “F” to the public was not just demoralizing and bad public relations, it could potentially keep people from coming to our school, which relies upon transfers for 50% of our student …