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NBPTS

  1. Blog: How We Love to Learn ow.ly/98Jz0 via @juliedramsay #nbpts
  2. Blog: Eight brief points about “merit pay” for teachers ow.ly/97048 via @danielpink
  3. Blog: Want more info on @arneduncan's roll-out of @usedgov's project RESPECT? Find it here:ed.gov/blog/2012/02/l… via @mullenholzii #TeachTalk
  4. iPads in Auburn, Maine's Kindergartens: A First Look at Their Effect on Learning ow.ly/96W2p via @hackeducation
  5. Great! -> RT @sfunified: Top of the class! Congrats to SFUSD's 29 new #NBCTs. There are now 204 teachers in the SFUSD w/ this honor @NBPTS
  6. @fiona_idecorp @NMHS_Principal It comes down to treating teachers like professionals so they can change how they see themselves.
  7. RT @pdkintl: Submit a topic for the 2012 PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools. Reply or use #pdkpoll.
  8. @farrisberg Congratulations! Let us know when it comes out so that we can share it with everyone.
  9. If you missed the intro of Project RESPECT and the town hall with @arneduncan you can watch it here ow.ly/960eb #teachtalk #nbpts
  10. @breakthecurve Thanks for the shout out!
  11. RT @cohend: @arneduncan says ED should not mandate measure of tchr effectiveness. True, but let's support @NBPTS as best ntl model we have!
  12. Great session with @arneduncan and all the smart teacher minds. Wonderful conversation on twitter!! #teachtalk #nbpts
  13. The civil rights mvmt was effective because people at the local level took up the cause. This has to happen for Education. #teachtalk #nbpts
  14. RT @rita_pin_ahrens: Duncan: we have been afraid to move because we've been too scared something will go wrong. #teachtalk
  15. We can't wait for the perfect education reform to act. We need to get out and start doing something. @arneduncan #teachtalk #nbpts
  16. RT @teachplus: Duncan: We need a five-fold increase in funding for principal dev. Yet to see a good school w/o a good principal. #teachtalk
  17. RT @ed4excellence: JoanneWeiss: eval is impt not for its sorting function but bc we need that info to make decisions about PD #teachtalk
  18. RT @vivaproject: Duncan: We lose many folks who want to teach but have to go to Wallstreet coz they have high loans from college. #teachtalk
  19. New teachers often are set up to sink or swim. They need the apprenticeship experience to develop their skills. #teachtalk #nbpts
  20. A West Pointe for teachers? Dare we suggest National Board Certification? :) #teachtalk #nbpts