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The Equitable Distribution of Effective Teachers: Can States Meet the Research Challenges Required for Success?
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Allen, Michael – CNA Corporation, 2011
One of the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act that has gained prominence as a policy focus only in the last several years is the requirement that poor and minority children be served by highly qualified teachers to no less a degree than other, more affluent children. Under the Obama administration, the focus on "highly qualified"…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Change, State Policy, State Programs
Blueprint for Change in Virginia: State Teacher Policy Yearbook, 2010
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National Council on Teacher Quality, 2010
The 2009 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" provided a comprehensive review of states' policies that impact the teaching profession. As a companion to last year's comprehensive state-by-state analysis, the 2010 edition provides each state with an individualized "Blueprint for Change," building off last year's "Yearbook"…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Teacher Evaluation
TransFormation. Improving Low-Performing Schools: Policy Implications from Research. Fall/Winter 2005
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Ross, Steven M., Ed. – Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
Edvantia, Inc. (formerly AEL) publishes "TransFormation" twice a year to provide policymakers with interpretive summaries of significant reports and rigorous studies about school transformation, giving special attention to research with possible implications for improving low-performing schools.This final print issue of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Academic Achievement