NCTAF to Lead a Stimulating Discussion on Deeper Learning Outcomes at the 2015 Teaching & Learning Conference

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              NCTAF to Lead a Stimulating Discussion on Deeper Learning Outcomes at the 2015 Teaching & Learning Conference

WASHINGTON – The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) will delve into how deeper learning is changing teaching and learning in classrooms across the United States. As a strand of the 2015 Teaching & Learning Conference in Washington, NCTAF will lead a panel discussion on the topic, “Does Deeper Learning Improve Student Outcomes?”

Panelists will review the current research, highlight examples where deeper learning is making a positive impact on teachers and students, and explore why deeper learning outcomes are so important. Featured speakers include:

Moderator:        Melinda George, NCTAF

Panelists:           Barbara Chow, The Hewlett Foundation

                             Jennifer O’Day, American Institutes for Research

                            Ron Berger, Chief Program Officer, Expeditionary Learning Schools

                            Monica Martinez, Author, Deeper Learning: How Eight Innovative Schools are Transforming                                  Education in the 21^st Century

To participate in this conversation, join us on Friday, March 13, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Room 151A. If you have not registered for the 2015 Teaching & Learning Conference, follow the instructions listed here.

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The National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future (NCTAF) was founded in 1994 as a bipartisan effort to engage education policymakers and practitioners to address the entrenched national challenge of recruiting, developing, and retaining great teachers in order to ensure that all students have access to quality teaching in schools organized for success. For 20 years, NCTAF has worked to drive and inform the national dialogue about the importance of great teaching, especially in hard-to-staff schools. NCTAF’s research and recommendations inform innovations and improvements in teaching quality nationwide, focus attention on the importance of equitable distribution and retention of teachers, and promote promising practices for the development of teachers’ skills and career pathways.