Ashley Grazutis has been thinking about the edTPA since she arrived at NIU. “The first time I heard about the edTPA was freshman year at a Secondary Education Organization meeting,” says Grazutis, a senior from Palos Park, Ill. “All the rubrics. All
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Like many, I find myself in awe of the #NeverAgain students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Their resiliency and courage in the face of tragedy, coupled with their willingness to speak up, have affirmed my confidence in the future. These amazing
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When Sarah Paver began her student-teaching class last August, the graduate student in Physical Education quickly became concerned. “I was very nervous when the edTPA came up,” says Paver, who graduated in December. “A lot of my classmates had said that they
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