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...Harvard. Just as importantly, the report identified the problem as stemming from Harvard’s institutional priorities and culture and recommended 18 concrete changes to begin to fix the problem. Three of these changes—monetary incentives for top-notch teaching, the creation of a culture of peer evaluation, and making course evaluations mandatory—are particularly important. Beyond those changes, we hope that teaching is made a more important part of tenure decisions, a critical step for changing the culture of teaching at an institution where so much is driven by career advancement. We also hope...
...September, the College became the first among peer institutions to end its early admissions program, arguing that the system “advantaged the advantaged” and needlessly stressed high school seniors by leading them to start the application process prematurely...
...movement in local foods grows, you'll see more of that reflected in drinks," says Malcolm Knapp, a restaurant consultant who provides industry forecasts to the National Restaurant Association. "The same sociological and peer-identity issues that drive what kind of foods are going to be consumed will drive more interesting alcohol...
...state hires a panel of out-of-state experts to grade each district's assessment plan to insure that it matches the state curriculum standards, reliably measures proficiency and meets other technical criteria. Additionally, teams of in-state teachers and principals interview district officials as part of a peer review of their test-making methods. "What we've got that no one else has is a cadre of teachers in the state who are as assessment literate as any educators on the face of the earth," Christensen says. "They know how to teach to an outcome, to measure the outcome...
...University. Sen. Edward Kennedy met with state officials earlier this month as part of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's deliberations on revisions to NCLB and was impressed by the results they've achieved, his staff says. And now that the state has added on-site peer reviews to the annual evaluation process, Christensen says the ultimate deciders at the federal Department of Education have assured him that STARS passes NCLB muster. "Nebraska is a place where the concepts of family and community still work," Christensen says. "Our public schools are embedded in those communities and those...