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How to Get Better

May 09, 2016

The Best Foot Forward Toolkit, as well as its potential for helping teachers become better educators, is referenced in the following HGSE Usable Knowledge blog post. My friend in New York City teaches at a charter school. He tells me about his teaching...

Using video in the classroom to help teachers and students

March 17, 2016

The Best Foot Forward project is highlighted in the following Education Dive article about video observations in the classroom. When teachers are able to see themselves teach in the classroom, everyone stands to improve. That’s the notion that guides a...

The Benefits of Adding Video to Teacher Evaluations

February 25, 2016

CEPR Director of Education and Communications, Miriam Greenberg, shares the benefits of video technology to teacher feedback in the following the following eSchool News article. One of the biggest challenges in K-12 education is finding an effective and...

Launch Video Classroom Observations With New Toolkit

November 06, 2015

For busy teachers, there are limited opportunities within the school day to be observed, to observe other teachers, to pause and reflect on the details of specific classroom moments, and to receive support from colleagues. Since in-person observations may...

A Toolkit for Video in the Classroom How Classroom-Based, Teacher-Controlled Video Can Improve the Observation Process

October 07, 2015

The Best Foot Forward Project's newly released toolkit is featured in the following Usable Knowledge blog post. After a three-year project that showed the promise and challenges of video observation as a tool for teachers’ professional growth, the Center...

Report: Teacher-Controlled Video Observations Improve Teacher Assessment Process

October 07, 2015

The Best Foot Forward Project's report on video observations for teachers is featured in the following The Journal article. Teachers who participated in a year-long study comparing video-recorded and in-person classroom observations found the video...

Let’s Rewind

October 06, 2015

Miriam Greenberg, Director of Education and Communications, shares the importance of video technology to teacher feedback in the following HGSE Usable Knowledge blog post. There are critical moments in every educator’s career when a remote control would...

Harvard Center’s Best Foot Forward Project Shares Results on the Use of Video in Classroom Observations

October 05, 2015

Research Shows the Use of Video in Teacher Observations is an Effective Tool for Improving Evaluation Feedback. Majority of Teachers Found Process Fairer and More Useful Overall. Cambridge, MA (October 5, 2015) – On October 5, researchers at the Center...

Teachers Want Better Feedback

August 17, 2015

CEPR Project Director Miriam Greenberg discusses the importance of providing quality teacher feedback in the following Education Week Commentary. You've heard it before: "Your call may be monitored or recorded for quality assurance." If you thought this...

How to Give Teachers the Feedback They Need

July 20, 2015

The Best Foot Forward Project is featured in the following Education Week blog post on how to provide great teacher feedback. It seems that new research emerges nearly every day underscoring the connections between not only student achievement and teacher...

Helping Teachers See Themselves

July 14, 2015

The Best Foot Forward Project is featured in the following TNTP blog post about using virtual coaching for teacher feedback. Most teachers want useful feedback on their instruction. Yet many feel they don’t get enough, or that the feedback they receive...

Using Video to Make Classroom Observations More Fair, More Helpful, and Less Burdensome

June 11, 2015

CEPR Faculty Director Thomas Kane shares recent findings from the Best Foot Forward Project about using video for classroom observations in the following Brookings Institution paper. The Best Foot Forward project at the Center for Education Policy...