“The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [yesterday] announced that it will invest $335 million to support effective teaching as a means to ensure all students receive the education they need to succeed in high school and beyond. [The] announcement includes $290 million in grants to support four Intensive Partnership for Effective Teaching sites that have developed groundbreaking plans to improve teacher effectiveness. Another $45 million will go toward the Measures of Effective Teaching project, a research initiative that seeks to define effective teaching and identify fairer and more reliable evaluative measures.” (Source)
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Day of Discovery in Memphis
(Repost from Tennessee DEN)
When
Saturday, September 26, 2009
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Where
St. George’s Independent School
1880 Wolf River Blvd.
Collierville, TN 38017
Cost
FREE!
A continental breakfast will be provided starting at 8:15 am. Lunch will also be provided. Door prizes will be awarded in the closing session.
Participants should bring their laptops.
There are still spaces available! You can register here.
You can see the agenda for the workshop here as well.
This is going to be an exciting day of workshops and networking! Don’t miss it!!