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"It sounds like the Education Department is edging closer and closer to releasing its draft proposal on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. And even though we haven't seen a comprehensive draft, a lot of the details have already been made public, either through announcements from the White House, the fiscal 2011 budget proposal, Race to the Top regulations, or U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's speeches. For instance we already know that:"

"An Idea Worth Spreading: The Future is Networks"

"The following Wallace Foundation research synthesis will be of use to policymakers at all levels of education who are developing comprehensive approaches to achieving the Race to the Top reform objectives and other federal strategies to improve public education. Drawing from more than a decade of experience and research in the fields of educational leadership, out-of-school time learning and arts education, the report presents evidence-based policies and practices critical to the success of educational reforms at the local, district, and state levels. "

"Education leadership has been called the "critical "bridge" that can unite the many different school reform approaches in ways that practically nothing else can. This was the central theme of The Wallace Foundation's national education conference held in October 2007, at which more than 400 leaders and experts gathered to share practical lessons and experiences about how states, districts and universities are going about the tough work of ensuring that all schools have well-trained, well-supported leadership. This special post-conference report opens with a commentary by Wallace President M. Christine DeVita on the progress and key lessons emerging from the Foundation's education leadership initiative. Richard L. Colvin, director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, provides detailed highlights of the gathering. Stanford University Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, a conference keynote speaker, discusses the key elements of effective leadership training. Kati Haycock, president of the Education Trust, another keynote speaker, offers vivid examples of how strong leadership made the critical difference in previously-failing schools and urban districts"

Wallace Foundation "Knowledge about strengthening the performance of education leaders to improve student achievement. "

Early-reading expert Richard Allington believes response to intervention is possibly "our last, best hope" for achieving full literacy in the United States. So why does he sound so unhopeful?

Ohio's site for their Partnership for 21st Century Skills stuff

Recognizing that employees are the district's most important resource, the Department of Staff Development will facilitate the achievement of the district's mission through ongoing organizational, site-based, and individual professional development services.  Staff Development is dedicated to quality service provided in a timely, polite manner with effort made to explore every possible avenue to assist individual faculty and staff.  Staff of the Department of Staff Development will do everything they can, within the established and publicized guidelines and procedures, to help the division faculty and staff meet their individual and departmental goals. 

Henrico County schools in VA

Collaborative learning, according toexperts, unleashes a unique intellectualand social energy. We can attest to thatphenomenon. This book is the result of alearning experience that began when threedesign firms joined forces on anunprecedented project.

"These publications share the day-to-day struggles and triumphs of educators and students working to create new high schools in Ohio. They cover the first three to five years of efforts to transform underperforming large urban high schools into small personalized schools or to pioneer schools that blend high school and college - revealing the missteps, lessons learned and successful strategies that are boosting graduate rates and sending urban students to college. "

"What: The Annie E. Casey Foundation is focusing attention on the importance of achieving grade-level reading proficiency for all children by the end of third grade with the release of a KIDS COUNT special report, Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters, at a press conference and panel discussion with support from national organizations including representatives from America's Promise Alliance, United Way Worldwide, and Mission: Readiness. View the archived webinar (2 hrs)."

"Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Try the online interactive activities, or click below to find out how to get our engaging 15-minute video programs."

TED Conference - Sir Ken Robinson makes case for radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning - creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters: A KIDS COUNT Special Report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Children who read on grade level by the end of third grade are more successful in school, work, and in life. This KIDS COUNT special report affirms a commitment by the Casey Foundation to help ensure that all students are proficient in reading by the end of third grade and help narrow the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children.

"So you and PowerPoint have created the Presentation That Ate Cincinnati. Your file size has gone spiraling out of control and you can't figure out why. I live in Cincinnati. I kinda like it here, so I want to help. There are quite a few reasons why your files might get huge. We're going to look at why it happens, how you can fix it, and what you can do to prevent it from happening again."

How it works 1. You enter a problem. 2. You enter ideas that could solve the problem. 3. Some ideas lead to new (hopefully smaller) problems. 4. When a problem is solved, the tree gets green. A problem is considered solved, when you found an idea that does not lead to a new problem.

"Welcome to Inside Teaching. This website is designed to support a community of learning, which includes teachers, professional developers, and other educators interested in learning and in teaching. Visit collections of multimedia records of teaching practice. Learn from others' perspectives on using records of practice for teacher learning. Contribute your own teaching and learning experiences and browse materials and resources that reflect the larger context of the work featured here. This site itself is an environment of learning, a "living archive" that relies upon the contributions of visitors in order to grow and to thrive."

Florida district using Teachscape walkthroughs

"About Measure Up This tool provides visual displays and explanations of all data pertinent to determining the report card rating for each District and building in Ohio. That data includes the state indicators, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), Performance Index scores, "Safe Harbor" and performance of subgroups and Value-Added. Version 4.0 includes data from Ohio's 2008-2009 testing. Key Questions are identified in each frame to guide the analysis of the data. Measure Up has a number of key features that can be used in presentations when delivering key messages about the performance of a school to staff members, parents, school board members, and community members"