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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation has awarded TeachingWorks a grant to continue collaborative work begun in 2017 with faculty in California State University to further develop exemplary practices-based approaches in teacher education. Led by TeachingWorks director Deborah Loewenberg Ball and mathematics research specialist Amber Willis, methods course instructors from across the […]
We at TeachingWorks oppose the executive order to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). We must stand up for the society we need to be — a society that affirms the rights of children of immigrants to belong here and to lead safe and fulfilling lives. The DACA program has made it possible […]
The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation has awarded TeachingWorks a $250,000 grant to support the development of practice-based approaches in mathematics methods courses on five campuses in the California State University (CSU) system. Led by TeachingWorks director Deborah Loewenberg Ball and mathematics specialist Amber Willis, fellowship participants will work together to develop and implement course materials and […]
TeachingWorks, a national organization based at the University of Michigan School of Education dedicated to improving professional preparation for teaching, has received a $6.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a Teacher Preparation Transformation Center. The Teacher Preparation Transformation Center Initiative (TPTCI), developed by the Gates Foundation, is designed to […]
Stephen Sawchuck describes the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s new Teacher Preparation Transformation Initiative. Read more here.
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust recently awarded a $1.1 million grant to TeachingWorks. The goal of the grant is to support the establishment of rigorous standards for entry to teaching, and to partner with teacher preparation programs in developing ways to prepare teacher candidates to reach this threshold of practice. For […]
NPR reporter Sarah Hulett shares the work done at the TeachingWorks Elementary Mathematics Laboratory to support the work of teaching and learning. Click here to read and listen.
The National Observational Teaching Exam, or NOTE, a licensure-level assessment for classroom teachers developed by TeachingWorks in partnership with Educational Testing Service (ETS) is the subject of an article by Stephen Sawchuk in today’s Education Week. The article quotes TeachingWorks Director, Deborah Loewenberg Ball, who states, “We should debate less about entry standards to teacher education, and we […]
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of the University of Michigan School of Education and director of TeachingWorks, will deliver a keynote address at the 85th annual National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) Conference in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, June 11. Francesca Forzani, associate director of TeachingWorks, will present at an affiliated symposium, The […]