TrumpED: How Much Professional Development Is Worth the Dollars Spent?

TrumpED - What do we do now?

English - March 31, 2017 01:19 - 3 minutes - 20 Bytes - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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The federal budget for teacher professional development is facing the knife. We know that the efficacy of teacher training spans the spectrum. How do we focus our time and dollars on PD that makes a difference?

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Patrick Riccards is chief communications and strategy officer for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. He is also the author of the nationally recognized Eduflack blog and its companion Twitter feed. PR News named Pat the Not-for-Profit Communications Professional of the Year for his work in teacher preparation and higher education transformation (2015). A former local school board chairman, Patrick is also the author of the award-winning Dadprovement.