Lombard, Illinois (PRWEB) January 17, 2012 -- The Consortium for Educational Change today announced $2 million in support of the Teacher Union Reform Network (TURN), a national network of American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association union locals. CEC received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for this work. 

Downers Grove, IL (Nov 3-4, 2011) ~ The fall meeting of Great Lakes continued the laser-like focus on "Multiple Measures to Improve Teaching Effectiveness and Student Learning"attracting 200+ union, school and district leaders to the two-day event. 

Long Beach (Oct 29-30, 2011) ~ Local leaders from five states (Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas) continued focus on the Results for Students Frame that has been developed over the past few months by Southwest TURN.

Long Beach (Oct 28-29, 2011) ~ There was a clearly positive and optimistic tone to the conversations as nearly one hundred participants from across the country (a mix of teacher union representatives and a significant number of guests from the district side of the table) convened to mark progress and share experiences in reshaping the education reform agenda from the ground up -- with a focus on collaboration and systemic change.