Ron Thorpe, president and CEO of the National Board, and Stanley Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs at IBM, highlight TeachersTryScience.org, a portal of online videos and resources that helps teachers bring science to life for their students. August 21, 2013. Article (Premium subscription to EdWeek may be required.)
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant announced a partnership with the National Board that will help put many more teachers in the state on a path to National Board Certification. The work is being funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. WJTV News Channel 12, August 1, 2013. Article
Jane Williams speaks with Ron Thorpe, president & CEO of the National Board, and Lee Shulman, professor emeritus at Stanford University School of Education and past president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Listen (Interview is in the second segment of the program.)
Commentary by Ron Thorpe on teacher preparation published in Education Week’s “OpEducation” series, June 10, 2013. Subscription required. Article
Education Talk Radio’s Larry Jacobs interviews Alabama educators about the Take One! school transformation initiative in Jefferson County, May 16, 2013. Listen
NYSUT, Sylvia Saunders, May 3, 2013. Article
Good Magazine, April 27, 2013. Article
Education Week Teacher, Liana Heitin, April 23, 2013. Subscription required. Article
Parkersburg (W.Va.) News and Sentinel, Jody Murphy, April 18, 2013. Article
WRAL, Julia Sims, March 18, 2013. Article