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Promoting Excellence In Education Through
Ongoing Professional Development

EVSC Professional Development programs are organized around the goals of the EVSC Strategic Plan to promote ongoing learning opportunities for all staff members of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation. Professional Development programs are planned collaboratively by administrators, teachers, and other staff members with the intent of providing highly focused and enriching educational opportunities that encourage and promote excellence throughout the EVSC.

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Posted: 08/30/2010
Students try out possible careers through mentorship program
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A Georgia school district is helping high-school students choose careers through its Hono ... Read More

Posted: 08/30/2010
More Fla. teachers are using social-networking tools in the classroom
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Florida teachers are stepping up their use of social networking and other technology in t ... Read More

Posted: 08/30/2010
How can student test scores be better used to evaluate teachers?
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Efforts to evaluate teachers based on students' standardized test scores may be flawed a ... Read More

Posted: 08/30/2010
Incoming kindergartners practice skills at school-prep camp
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Incoming kindergarten students from a number of schools in Akron, Ohio, participated in a ... Read More

Posted: 08/30/2010
Freedom Schools aim to engage students socially and culturally
 Some 200 Los Angeles students participated this summer in Freedom Schools, a literacy initi ... Read More

Posted: 08/30/2010
Indiana education leader calls for revised teacher evaluations
 Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett is proposing that teacher evaluations be linked to stude ... Read More

Posted: 08/30/2010
Colo. high school aims to boost achievement with career academies
 Students will choose to attend one of five career academies at a restructured Colorado high ... Read More

Posted: 08/30/2010
Math curriculum has Florida teachers covering fewer topics
 Educators in Florida are changing the way they teach math to cover fewer topics and give st ... Read More

Posted: 08/11/2010
NYC to monitor student achievement after high school
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The New York City Department of Education has started tracking students' progress after ... Read More

Posted: 08/11/2010
Principals urged to help close achievement gap for young students
 Some experts and advocates are calling for more professional development and training in ea ... Read More

Posted: 08/11/2010
Miss. educators employ new methods to reach today's students
 Some Mississippi teachers say they have modified their instructional methods to meet the ne ... Read More

Posted: 07/27/2010
Are students more engaged when academics are linked to careers?
A high-school reform effort in California known as Linked Learning is helping students achieve mor ... Read More

Posted: 07/02/2010
Popularity of online learning grows
 Popularity of online learning grows, though availability may lag
The number of high-school ... Read More

Posted: 07/02/2010
Canceled summer school may present new opportunities
 Canceled summer school may present new opportunities for learning
Schools across the count ... Read More

Posted: 07/02/2010
 Research: Charter middle-school students may not have better grades
Students who won lotteries to enroll in charter middle schools did not outperform their peers who we ... Read More

Posted: 05/17/2010
Program aims to increase college readiness among average students
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A program offered through a community college to students at a Boston-area high school ha ... Read More

Posted: 05/17/2010
Technology programs improve student learning at Maryland school
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Teaching and learning has improved at a Baltimore-area middle school where two pilot prog ... Read More

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