Alabama Best Practices Center http://www.bestpracticescenter.org The Alabama Best Practices Center helps teachers and administrators develop the competence, commitment and courage to do whatever it takes to improve student learning. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:35:47 -0600 http://www.widenetconsulting.com en Instructional Partners Initiative http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/G1qf0KF102c/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Alabama Best Practices Center http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=98 by Cathy GassenheimerWhen the economy hit the bottom education budgets began to shrink and we entered the new normal. With worry over insufficient state resources to expand the Alabama Math Science an...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/G1qf0KF102c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=98 Visible Learning Two Useful Tools http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/LAWWC9QzuDQ/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Alabama Best Practices Center http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=97 by Cathy GassenheimerOne of ABPC consultant Jackie Walshs favorite authors is John Hattie an education researcher and professor in Australia and New Zealand. I ordered his new book Visible Learning fo...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/LAWWC9QzuDQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=97 Alabama Voices MLK would have been AP student http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/X_m6-JtwPF0/ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Alabama Best Practices Center http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=95 Alabama Voices MLK would have been AP studentJanuary 14 2012By Caroline NovakIn just a few days children across the country will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Kings March on W...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/X_m6-JtwPF0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=95 ABPC Mentioned in National Newsletter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/2yGWYSu9Coc/ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Alabama Best Practices Center http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=94 The Success at the Core organization has created a free field-tested professional development toolkit designed to help school leadership teams and teachers elevate classroom instruction and improve st...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/2yGWYSu9Coc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=94 Feeding the Brain and Lengthening Your Life http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/UnQUs6YwrfQ/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Alabama Best Practices Center http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=93 Sometimes it is the unexpected that becomes the most memorable. As a member of the Learning Forward Conference Program Planning Committee my heart sank when I heard that one of the keynote speakers ha...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/UnQUs6YwrfQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=93 <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/winpf76OO6w/</link> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alabama Best Practices Center</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=92</guid> <description>Education News in AlabamaDecember 1 2011Tommy Bice Named Alabamas New State SuperintendentState School Board Saves the College and Career Ready StandardsAlabama School Highlighted in New BookAlabamas...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/winpf76OO6w" height="1" width="1"/></description> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=92</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Talladega Countys Transformational Journey Part 2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/IeKHb4q0F78/ Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Alabama Best Practices Center http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/success-stories/?newsID=91 In the second part of our interview with Talladega County Superintendent Suzanne Lacey by ABPC consultant John Norton Dr. Lacey describes Talladegas vision for a new instructional model and the steps...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/IeKHb4q0F78" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/success-stories/?newsID=91 Talladega Countys Transformational Journey Part 1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/B8SjXodck_s/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Alabama Best Practices Center http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/success-stories/?newsID=90 By Cathy GassenheimerTalladega Learning A Great PartnershipThere is more to Talladega than the speedway. Much more Educators in Talladega County are hard at work retooling their schools so all of thei...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/B8SjXodck_s" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/success-stories/?newsID=90 <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/Kc44VJstO6k/</link> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate> <dc:creator>Alabama Best Practices Center</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=89</guid> <description>Educations News in AlabamaNovember 9 2011Five Reasons Why A Supports the College and Career Ready InitiativeAP Participation SoarsNAEP Report Shows 4th Grade GainsState Superintendent Search Reaches I...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/Kc44VJstO6k" height="1" width="1"/></description> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/?newsID=89</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Mobile Area School Wins Prestigious National Education Award http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~3/IxQuSEGF2no/ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Alabama Best Practices Center http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/success-stories/?newsID=88 CONTACTLauren Stephenslstephensedtrust.org202-293-1217 x.373Calcedeaver Elementary School is one of just four schools nationwide to be honored this year by The Education Trust for success in educating...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AlabamaBestPracticesCenter/~4/IxQuSEGF2no" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/success-stories/?newsID=88