December 2010
3 posts
TEI's Boyd selected for paper's '12 Who Made a... →
Former Sherwood Elementary teacher Lachelle Boyd was profiled as part of The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal’s ‘12 Who Made a Difference’ feature on Dec. 26. Using the creative writing skills taught to them by Boyd, her students’ letters persuaded a number of business executives to donate over $213,000 in computer and playground equipment to the East Memphis elementary school...
Early findings from Gates Foundation's Measures of... →
The preliminary findings of the Gates Foundation’s Measure of Effective Teaching project were released Dec. 14. The study, involving 3,000 teachers in six districts (Memphis, New York City, Charlotte-Mecklinburg, Hillsboro, Fla., Dallas and Denver), examines five measures of teacher effectiveness to determine which measures, or combination of measures, work best when assessing teacher...
4 tags
MCS guidance counselor awarded national honor →
Randy McPherson, a 15-year veteran of Trezevant Career and Technology Center, was named the nation’s high school counselor of the year by the American School Counselor Association. McPherson who says “Real education is about people, not numbers,” will receive the honor during the organization’s black-tie gala in Washington next February.