Category Archives: Teacher Effectiveness

Gates Discusses Teaching with Governors

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

I heard this story today on Market Place about Bill Gates speaking to the nation’s governors in Washington, D.C. (You can read his blog post and listen to the speech here).  In short, Gates said that given a choice between … Continue reading →

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MET Project: A Suggestion for Further Research

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project is an effort sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation aimed at determining ways to measure effective teaching fairly and consistently. The project is collecting oodles of video-taped classroom observations, student surveys, and … Continue reading →

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