About Brian

Brian Preston retired in 2012 after 45 years of working in public and private schools and in higher education. He created k12edtalk as a forum for the exploration of educational issues. This forum will highlight the successes and offer insights on the shortcomings of K-12 education, and will offer support for his insights using appropriate research and experts from the field.

Reframing Our CTE Views

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Another look at Career and Technical Education Inn EdWeek, May 7, Mike Rose of UCLA wrote a wonderful piece that compliments my commentary of 9/27/14 on Shopcraft as Soulcraft. Rose has written a recent book entitled The Mind at Work: … Continue reading

New Research on Instability of Teacher Evaluation Metrics

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Current Teacher Evaluation Metrics are Unstable The Education Policy Analysis Archives has just published (Oct 6, 2014) “The Stability of Teacher Performance and Effectiveness: Implication for Policies Concerning Teacher Evaluation,” by Morgan, Hodge, Trepinski and Anderson.  This is a well-designed … Continue reading