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The challenge of continuous school improvement
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which took full effect in the 2017-2018 school year, largely lessened the federal government’s role in education policy allowing states more control over everything from testing to how to deal with low-performing schools. One of the key elements of the law includes a mandate for states to identify lowest-performing […]
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September 30th, 2019
Posted in Curriculum Advances
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Teacher absenteeism and reimagining substitute teaching
According to a 2014 study by the National Council on Teacher Quality, teachers miss an average of 11 days out of a school year due to illness, illness of a loved one, professional development or other personal reasons. For students, this means that throughout their K-12 experience, six to 10 percent of their instruction is […]
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December 11th, 2017
Posted in Education At Work
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