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Spread the seeds of professional learning

By Learning Forward
August 2011
Vol. 32 No. 4
We released our new Standards for Professional Learning a month ago and are so excited to share them with members and the field.You’ll read in these pages about why we published new standards,why now, and what it means for schools, districts, service organizations, and agencies at all levels. We’re taking this opportunity to use JSD to not only introduce you to the standards, but to dig deeper into each one. How better to do that than to offer articles from the leading voices in the field, the professional learning gurus who helped to define each concept through the irresearch and practice.  It’s an honor to be able to assemble such authoritative educators in one place. The feature articles are springboards to each standard, and much

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Tracy Crow

Tracy Crow(tracy.crow@lf.wphlab.com) is director of publications for Learning Forward.

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