The era of accountability in education over the past 15 years has shone a bright light on student achievement in our nation’s schools. The performance of the student body as a whole as well as its many student subgroup…
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It is no secret that retaining effective teachers is one of the keys in developing and/or maintaining an effective school. In the current age of accountability in education, this problem is exacerbated in remote rural and in urban areas…
At no time in its prior history has public schooling in the United States experienced such dramatic reform as it has in the past 15 years. Education reform has been fueled by the push for increased accountability in our…
During the past 15 years, public education in the United States has undergone significant transformation. The transformation has been based on a shift toward increased accountability for schools and school districts. The result has been that educators have come…
Funding for school improvement is one of the most important education policy issues of our time. As property values have plummeted, and sales tax revenues have floundered, federal and state education budgets have experienced unprecedented cuts during the past…
In a 5/29/14 Education Week article titled School Spending Increases Linked to Better Outcomes for Poor Students, Holly Yettick details the provocative findings of a recent working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The report asserts…
As the end of the school year approaches and summer plans begin to take shape, educators across the United States are preparing for some well-deserved rest and relaxation. It is at this time of the school year that educators…
While much of the current research and literature on instructional delivery tells us that student centered classrooms are most effective in promoting student learning, many educators still struggle with the application of student centered instructional methods in their day-to-day…