What education looks like in high-performing countries

U.S. leaders say we must learn from and emulate what high-performing countries do—the only issue is that what Singapore and Finland talk about is not what's discussed in Education Nation or even in the Klein/Rhee Manifesto. Rather than "more standardized testing" it's actually "more PE and the arts." (from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development blog)

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A glimpse at our professional development

Grand Forks Central special education teacher Kelli Henke (center) digs in with her GFC colleagues during professional development the morning of  September 28, 2010. The focus was vocabulary; teachers worked together in a large group, thinking and talking about how students best learn words. After the large group session, teachers went to breakout session led by the peers.

The professional development was planned by the Grand Forks Central Literacy Committee.