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February 2009 | Volume 66 | Number 5
Marge Scherer
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Sonia Nieto
Why and how teachers must continue learning throughout their lifetimes.
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Gordon A. Donaldson Jr.
Leaders learn by identifying dilemmas, practicing strategies, and reflecting on results.
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Debra Smith, Bruce Wilson and Dick Corbett
Six conditions lead to collective actions that bring change.
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Shirley M. Hord and Stephanie A. Hirsh
Ruth Chung Wei, Alethea Andree and Linda Darling-Hammond
High-achieving countries build professional learning into teachers' workdays.
Bill Ferriter
Customized learning opportunities abound in the blogosphere.
Catherine M. Brighton
Seven steps for developing a focused exploration of your own practice.
Linda Darling-Hammond and Nikole Richardson
A new paradigm—the professional learning community—emerges.
Steve Chappuis, Jan Chappuis and Rick Stiggins
Ongoing, job-embedded, collaborative learning replaces one-day workshops.
Richard DuFour and Robert J. Marzano
Working with teams of teachers yields more benefits than does one-on-one observation and evaluation.
Sheila Danaher, John Price and Paula Kluth
A K-8 school celebrates staff expertise.
W. James Popham
Thomas R. Hoerr
Douglas B. Reeves
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Literacy coaches outline a way to examine student progress.
Lana M. Danielson
Which modes of thinking lead teachers to make deliberate and insightful decisions?
Jason Margolis
A look at the subtle dynamics that encourage teachers to learn from one another.
Kathleen Anderson Steeves and Sandra Nagy Sinclair
This Educator Group encourages participants to continue their professional development beyond grad school.
Naomi Thiers
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough
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