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Want to Build a Better Teacher Evaluation? Ask a Teacher

Current efforts to improve the evaluation process will prove futile without input from classroom teachers, write Ross Wiener and Kasia Lundy.

All about family for top Memphis, Shelby scholars

Top two students from two different schools live under the same roof.

ArtsFest serves as proving ground for MCS students and teachers

School groups in the visual, music and dance arts from various schools, including Overton High School, Florida, Kansas Elementary and Hickory Ridge Middle performed on stages. The students were able to showcase their talents, and it was an experience for teachers as well.

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The Power of 50,000

By: Jessica Lotz, Special Projects Manager, Department of Teacher Talent & Effectiveness, MCS

To say we live in interesting times would be an understatement at Memphis City Schools (MCS) these days. As with all public schools across the state of Tennessee, our district has entered into a year of great challenges and enormous opportunities, all stemming from the increased expectations of teachers and students alike: more rigorous and frequent teacher evaluations, higher testing standards for students, and the introduction of a Common Core curricula that will raise the bar for students’ critical thinking and college/career-readiness skills in unprecedented ways.

Undoubtedly, these demands hold the weight of world to many educators—teachers and administrators alike—in our district and with good reason. Anyone who has watched Memphis morph from the industrial town of International Harvester and Firestone into the shipping, biotechnology and medical hub of today can see how the economic landscape has and will continue to shift over the decades to come. The implications for educational attainment are huge. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of job growth for positions requiring a post-secondary degree will double that of all other positions over the next ten years.

Posted on: August 18, 2011
Filed under: By the Numbers, I Teach I Am, In the Community, Parents, Students