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iPod Touch: School in Their Pockets?
June 24, 2009  Patrick Ledesma and Steve Jarosz discuss a school project using iPod Touch as a learning tool, and what it taught them about instructional change. (Teacher Magazine (Web))
Summertime and Teachers Have It Easy
June 17, 2009  A look at what teachers' summer vacations are really like. (Teacher Magazine (Web))
Would You Teach Here for $125,000?
June 10, 2009  A rookie principal hand-picks an all-star team of teachers and offers them a generous salary. Teacher Leaders Network members weigh in on whether the school model will work. (Teacher Magazine (Web))
Aspiring Primary Teachers May Be Tested in Math
May 15, 2009  Massachusetts schools chief wants to ensure that elementary teachers have the content necessary to lay students’ math foundation. (Education Week)
Report Points to Risks of Merit Pay for Teachers
May 14, 2009  Such compensation plans are rarely used in the private sector and can sometimes bring about unintended negative consequences, the analysis argues. (Education Week)
Budget Would Boost Incentive Pay, Turnaround Aid
Updated: June 1, 2009   President Obama would eliminate a dozen Education Department programs, even as overall K-12 aid swells under the stimulus.
Report Foresees Mass Teacher Retirements
April 8, 2009   A new report emphasizes the role of cross-generational learning teams to help keep teachers in the profession.
As Stimulus Tap Turns On, Districts Can’t Escape Cuts
April 6, 2009   The first federal aid to states is unlikely to stop layoffs in the worst-hit school districts, administrators say.
Kids Coming and Going
April 8, 2009   Student transience is hard on both students and their teachers, says Laura Reasoner Jones.
First Education Stimulus Aid Flows to States
Updated: April 10, 2009  
Is Test Prep Educational Malpractice?
April 1, 2009  
Teaching Secrets: Find the Job You’ll Love
March 25, 2009  
Title I Turnaround Programs Due for Big Cash Boost
March 16, 2009  
Stimulus Bill Spurs Focus on Teachers
March 9, 2009  
How I Learned to Teach
February 10, 2009  

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