Great art from #ewatval. Here's @hechingerreport's Liz Willen. http://t.co/9lfRQO75T0

Um. Wow. From @M_Bloom of StateImpact Ohio's Grading the Teachers project. Zoom in and read. #ewaTVAL http://t.co/LxkfI9w9hj

We've got @MikeWernerDraws live-sketching #ewaTVAL and it's an amazing cheat sheet of the sessions so far. http://t.co/5akAvfLmTK

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Looking for more on teacher evaluations? The new Glossary of Education Reform has entry on value-added: http://bit.ly/GJvCo1 #ewaTVAL

For EWA seminar journalists looking for that souvenir shot. Amazing photo of the Bean via @melissammbailey. #ewaTVAL http://t.co/bk2msVe36E

None of John Owens' HS students could play musical instrument. "I played 3 chords on a guitar and they thought I was Jimi Hendrix." #ewaTVAL

Author John Owens: Schools can't fix all the problems students bring with them. "I couldn't, not in 46 minutes per day." #ewaTVAL

Music program at John Owens' NYC high school were some beat-up gourds and drums in a closet next to the gym. #ewaTVAL

John Owens on 5-week TFA training: "I'm really glad we don't have Fly Airlines for America or Organ Transplants for America." #ewaTVAL

"If you pass 80.1% of your kids you get a letter from your principal saying what a genius you are." - author John Owens. #ewaTVAL

"Bad Teacher" John Owens told parent her son tossed kid over desk. Mom: "What do you expect? They only have gym two days a week." #ewaTVAL

Author John Owens: "I met a class of 4th graders way above my 9th graders. It was really heartbreaking." #ewaTVAL

"Confessions of Bad Teacher" John Owens: Teacher training is "just horrendous, and yet the expectations are so high." #ewaTVAL

"Confessions of a Bad Teacher" John Owens: In NYC "there's perception of great problems in schools and someone's gotta be blamed." #ewaTVAL

L to R: @NEAPresident, @NCTQ Sandi Jacobs, @EdTrustMidwest Sarah Lenhoff & @sbanchero. #seminarart #ewatval http://t.co/JQA06h4pxg

NEA Prez Van Roekel: I hope we never get to the point where we don't want to encourage educators to continue their own educations. #ewaTVAL

It's early on in #ewaTVAL but I'm already hearing potential Buzzword Bingo candidates; preparation, pipeline, and professionalism.

NEA Prez Van Roekel: Just making bad teachers disappear "doesn't solve the problem. I want to know how they got there and stayed." #ewaTVAL

New teacher learning on the job w/out training, support? #NEA President Dennis Van Roekel doesn't want his grandkids in your room. #EWATVAL

NEA President Van Roekel: "Do you really believe a 20 min. observation one time a year will impact my professional practice?" #ewaTVAL

Van Roekel: "I don't think anyone should be allowed to be a classroom ... for a full year to find out if they know how to teach." #ewaTVAL

#NEA President Dennis Van Roekel: "We supportive effective teacher evaluations. It's an essential piece of our profession." #EWATVAL

NCTQ Sandi Jacobs on eval. challenge: "Hard to sit across table from somebody & say 'I don't think that was the greatest lesson.'" #EWATVAL

Artist is live-sketching #ewatval. Here's some highlights from remarks by Tim Knowles of Urban Education Institute. http://t.co/48cpppbIMM

A full house for #ewaTVAL seminar at UChicago. Reporters from NY to CA and plenty of great places in between. http://t.co/zDKaZudnAu

Learned a lot at #EducationNation, now headed to Chicago for #ewatval seminar on teacher evaluations. Safe travels to journos joining us!

We are getting ready for a very full day on teacher evaluations! Watch for the #ewatval updates! http://t.co/BjBwko9y