This is interesting. The OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), has published its latest round of international comparisons of education systems. Among the findings: American teachers spend more time teaching than teachers in any of the other countries surveyed. The average American teacher spends 1080 hours per year teaching ("Net Teaching Time in Hours"). Teachers in most other countries spend 500-700 hours per year in front of the class. In Finland, which often has the highest test scores in international comparisons, teachers in middle school and high school spend 550-600 hours per year actually teaching. Wouldn't it be nice if some of the education reformers who are so focused on making the school day and year longer took notice? The full OECD report is available here.
In New Mexico
- New Mexico Council of Teachers of English
- New Mexico State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction
- NM Language Arts Content Standards and Benchmarks
- Public Ed. Dept. Professional Licensure Unit
- Teach New Mexico (includes information on 3-tiered licensure and dossiers)
- Teaching Jobs in New Mexico
- Univ. of New Mexico Dept. of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
- Univ. of New Mexico Secondary Education Program
Beyond New Mexico
Writing Project Sites
Research
- 21st Century Literacies: What are they and why are they important?
- The Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners
- Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High School
- Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well
- The Effect of Grammar Instruction on Student Writing
- What Research Says about Writing
- What We Know About Adolescent Literacy
- The National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement
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