Assessment for Good Podcast

Season 1, Episode 2 ("What Does a Quality School Look Like?"). Featured interview.

Framingham schools push for more diverse teaching staff

Featured in an article about the benefits and challenges of an initiative to increase teacher diversity in the Framingham (MA) Public Schools. (May 2019)

"Dueling Realities": Shifting the Way We Talk About Our Public Schools

Blog post for the Center for Collaborative Education about how the language and measures families and school communities use when they talk about schools they love (February 2019)

Romantic or Racist? Perceptions Shift on "Little House on the Prairie"

Article from the Christian Science Monitor about "Little House on the Prairie," drawing from this ... Read more about Romantic or Racist? Perceptions Shift on "Little House on the Prairie"

Why School Quality Measurement is an Equity Issue

Blog post for the Center for Collaborative Education about the historic relationship between school quality measurement and school segregation. (August 2017)

For Deeper Learning, Follow Teachers' Lead

A post for Education Week's "Learning Deeply" blog about the need to account for teachers' professional identity in crafting PD best practices. (July 2017)

Beyond Test Scores

Blog post for the Center for Collaborative Education about developing a more holistic framework for measuring school quality. (January 2017)

Making Space for Uncertainty

Guest blog about powerful professional development for KickUp, a startup designing instructional support platforms for schools and districts.

Featured Profile for ISATT Newsletter (Members Only)

Solicited submission about my research in a newsletter for members of the International Study Association for Teachers and Teaching (ISATT). [Text Only] (Spring/Summer 2016)

Lessons From Atlanta

A commentary delivered on Georgia Public Radio's "On Second Thought" about the lessons to be learned from the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. (April 2015)

More Gratitude, Less Second-Guessing

A comment on a Frank Bruni column in the New York Times about former New York City Chancellor Joel Klein's book. (October 2014)

Leaders Should Be Learners, Not Experts

Guest blog post on the Harvard Education Publishing Group's Voices of Education blog. (June 2014)

Targeting teacher tenure is a misguided solution

A letter to the editor regarding the California decision on teacher tenure. (June 2014)

James M. Noonan, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor of Education

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