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When It Comes to Reading, Teaching Practices Matter

I have always been dismayed by research that suggests that what goes on in the classroom has remarkably little impact on a student’s reading skills.

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Teachers Gather in New York to Talk Education and Evaluations

The foundation strongly believes that while teachers are central to the success of their students, they can’t do it alone.

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No Love for Common Core? Why Tom Loveless Misses the Mark

Tom Loveless of the Brookings Institute ignores a significant element of the research on Common Core State Standards.

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In Boosting Graduation Rates, It’s Not Just School Size that Matters

A new study shows that the students who attend "small" public high schools - those with about 100 students per grade - were more likely to graduate than their counterparts at larger schools.

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Teachers Want to Learn, Too: Evaluations We Believe In

Across the country, the question of how best to evaluate teachers -- and how to use evaluations effectively -- continues to cause stirring debates among teachers and policymakers.

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