Good Teaching: A Reporter Returns to School

May 22, 2012 

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Reporter Returns to School to Explore What Makes a Good Teacher

Every parent wants a good teacher for their child, and across the South, states are creating policies to make that happen. Tennessee’s using new teacher evaluations. In the first part of a series on what makes good teaching, the Southern Education Desk’s Christine Jessel travels back in time for a personal look at the question at the heart of these controversial evaluations: What does a good teacher look like?

~Christine Jessel May 22, 2012

 

 

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