In today's technology- and information-driven economy, businesses need an educated workforce to survive, and young people need to be educated to be employable. Yet the schools that prepare our future workers and the employers who hire them often remain worlds apart. In this clear, compelling book, longtime education journalist Lynn Olson makes the case that, for both economic and civic reasons, the only solution as America heads into the twenty-first century is for local employers and educators to join forces.The School-to-Work Revolution provides the first full account of how the...

Use this publication to explain to everyone in your organization why the best way to evaluate teaching performance is to use a balanced approach that includes multiple measures. Drawing from research conducted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the experiences of nearly 3,000 teachers across the United States, the authors Explain why it's critical to measure effective teaching, ensure high-quality data, and invest in improvement. Describe multiple ways to identify effective teaching and provide teachers with actionable, reliable information they can trust to continuously improve their...