Politico’s recent piece “Rating Teachers Not As Easy As 1, 2, 3” does a solid job of reporting on the landscape of teacher evaluation right now. In sum, despite all the rancor—or because of it—very little is happening:

Teachers Jody Passanisi and Shara Peters asked the education community an interesting question in their recent Smart Blogs post, “Consumer, creator… what’s next?” Unpacking the titular question, they explained,

For the first time since I was four years old, I don’t have first-day-of-school jitters. From preschool through last year, I was in school, first as a student and then as a teacher. Now, with summer break a distant memory, I support schools worldwide with their teacher effectiveness and growth programs, and watch bittersweetly as they excitedly prepare to welcome this year’s students.

Justin Tarte really nailed it with his most recent post, “Dear Principal: Some things I need you to know…” He captures excellent principalship in the form of five requests teachers can/should ask of their leadership: