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 by Susan Ohanian

 

 

The Money

            Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant

            New Venture Fund

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              Date: June 2015
              Purpose: to enable the National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) to improve student learning
              across the nation by defining, sharing and advocating for effective teaching practices and policies
             Amount: $1,000,000

The Money Traveling as News

February 16, 2016

Nation's top teachers back PARCC and Smarter Balanced 

Over two separate weekends in August and September of last year, 23 State Teachers of the Year each huddled for nearly 20 hours at a hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The teachers assembled to participate in a first-of-its-kind study: a deep and thorough analysis of the two new assessments used in 27 states in 2015 (named PARCC and Smarter Balanced) judged against previous tests used in several states.
Commissioned by the National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY), the study found a marked preference for Smarter Balanced and PARCC. . . .

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See the   Coincidence:

• The Executive Director and CEO of NNSTOY served as Director of Policy and Partnerships for the Center for Educator Effectiveness at Pearson;

• The Director of Strategic Projects served on a professional development committee for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; served as a founding board member for Advance Illinois (plus 37 links at www.SusanOhanian.org);

• The  Director of Professional Learning is on the board of trustees    Learning Forward New Jersey;

• The  Executive Assistant/Event Planning Manager worked as a Press Assistant on Capitol Hill for United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

In the name of Money, Connections, and Money,

Amen.