The VIVA Project

03/11/2016

This is SHAMEFUL Chicago, Detroit, Boston. When are all our public officials going to stop playing games with students and teachers. What do you think teachers can do to show the investment isn't just needed, it's deserved? http://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2016/03/09/dps-rhodes/81528678/

Transition manager Steven Rhodes again urged lawmakers to act soon to pass reform legislation.

03/03/2016

What can educators do to put their best professional foot forward? What happens when public policy is made against the worst instead of for the best http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-vergara-tenure-battle-20160225-story.html

An overflow crowd at a Los Angeles appeals courtroom listened attentively Thursday to the latest round in an ongoing argument about the intersection of students’ rights and teachers’ rights.

02/24/2016

REALLY? Do you agree that we don't know how to educate poor kids? Isn't it more that we don't invest adequately in doing what we know? http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/stop-humiliating-teachers?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

The U.S. has a tendency, when there’s an economic or social crisis, to affix unfair blame on public-school teachers.

02/19/2016

Do you wish you wrote this piece? In a world where "PD" was banned, what would you call it? How would you do it? http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2016/02/no-more-professional-development.html?cmp=soc-edit-tw

To truly support teachers in their efforts to improve student learning, maybe we need to stop doing professional development.

01/28/2016

If "hiring of new teachers will continue to trail the production of new teachers." What do we do about "spot shortages" http://www.caldercenter.org/missing-elements-discussion-teacher-shortages?utm_content=bufferba088&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer =lvy8BW

01/28/2016

ME, MA, VT, CT, NY, & RI Friends, Neighbors & supporters of New Hampshire educators, please share this link and help add new educator voices http://vivanea-nh.mysocialsphere.com This goes for everyone else too! Let your NH friends know.

01/25/2016

Are you an introvert? Does that REALLY mean you can't succeed as a teacher? http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/01/why-introverted-teachers-are-burning-out/425151/

Educators are feeling drained by the insistent emphasis on collaboration and “social learning” in America’s classrooms—and that’s taking a toll on kids’ learning.

01/22/2016

The headline says" Study Calls into Question the Effectiveness & Fairness of Teacher Observation in Evaluation" VIVA network teachers have been pretty firm about training observers, multiple observations and the use of observations for both evaluation and professional growth. Does this research change your mind?http://scholar.gse.upenn.edu/steinberg/files/steinberg_examiningteachereffectiveness.pdf

01/17/2016

Hi VIVA friends Does this ring true to those of you in Ohio? How does it compare to other states, you non-Ohios? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/07/14/teacher-ive-loved-my-very-difficult-job-but-now-ohio-has-made-it-impossible/

01/08/2016

As we always say, "Talk to a Teacher" A blog post for the end of week 1, 2016. http://vivateachers.org

01/07/2016

Be careful what you wish for? How would you define & measure "Much Greater" "Consistently underperforming" and "Substantial" Unhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2015/12/everyone_agrees_that_the_brand.html

01/06/2016

WOW. What if the wonks actually asked teachers to participate in this design contest! Let's GO FOR IT The VIVA Project Teacher Network! Sign up on our website if you want to participate http://edexcellence.net/articles/accountability-under-essa-announcing-a-design-competition