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Marshall Memo Editor Shares Ideas for Improving Teaching and Teacher Feedback

Marshall Memo Editor Shares Ideas for Improving Teaching and Teacher Feedback

Hollywood feeds the myth that great teachers are born, not made. Think “Stand and Deliver,” the story of math teacher Jaimie Escalante, whose students succeeded. Or “The Freedom Writers,” about the inspirational English teacher Hilary Swank who encouraged students to express themselves through writing.

Why Use Social Media In Your District? #TellYourStory!

The message was clear to those sitting in the conference audience: If you’re not using social media to tell your story, then someone else surely is — and that story may paint a very different picture of your schools.

School District’s Alignment Work Brings Major Progress, Superintendent Reports

It only takes one plan to align a school district to be successful. During his session “What Does it Mean to be An Aligned School District” on Thursday at the AASA National Conference on Education, the superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District in Mountain View, Calif., discussed the impact alignment had on his community.