VISION: How VIVA Teachers are Shaping Education Policy
VIVA was featured on Education Next’s “What We’re Watching” section. Allan Fluharty was quoted in a NY Times article: YouTube Subtracts Racy and Raucous to Add a Teaching Tool. Watch a video of Chicago...
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Glenn Morehouse Olson for writing a commentary for the Minnesota Educator in which she says she has “never felt so empowered in (her) life.” Hers was one of two articles in the union newspaper. The...
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Common Core State Standards Our next project, the VIVA Arizona Charter School Teachers Idea Exchange, launches Monday, April 16. Charter school teachers from across Arizona will have the chance to...
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A Democracy Needs Authenticity
Where is the authenticity in American government? As I indulged in my weekly obsession—Sunday morning news talk shows—I was struck by the lack of candor spewing forth. These media-trained, on-message...
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The Way We Live in Newtown: Letting Love Win
by Katherine Doerr Morosky When I went for a run this morning, I forgot to lock my front door. About two miles away from home, a sign in someone’s front yard jostled my memory: “Grant them peace.” The...
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New York Times: Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?
In Sunday’s New York Times, Jennifer Kahn, who teaches at the University of California-Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, asks “Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?” Her provocative piece...
View ArticleEduwonk: Guest blog series by VIVA Teachers and staff
For the week of Sept. 27, 2013, New Voice Strategies staff and VIVA Teachers from around the country submitted posts for a guest series on the prominent Eduwonk blog. Read excerpts below and click the...
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New Idea Exchange on Teacher Licensure in Colorado
When the Colorado General Assembly convenes in the new year, it will be considering legislation governing educator licensure. The Colorado Education Association (CEA) strongly believes the experience...
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Instead of just “looking up,” let’s look at one another
By Jennifer Reinhardt If you’ve been on social media channels lately, you’ve probably seen Gary Turk’s “Look Up” video, which urges us to put down our smartphones and engage with the people around us....
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An ESEA Reauthorization That Could Empower Teachers
by Paul Toner, President of the VIVA Project An update of the ESEA is long overdue, and this week, the Senate has a real chance to improve it with the following bipartisan amendments based on...
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Can We Interest You in Teacher Leadership?
By Paul Toner, President of The VIVA Project Last weekend in The New York Times, Mokoto Rich wrote that “school districts have gone from handing out pink slips to scrambling to hire teachers,” thanks...
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