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Why Efforts to Improve Teacher Productivity and Efficiency May Not Pay Off

Edsurge

It has also impacted the role that teachers play in the mind of educational policy makers and reformers—for good and ill. Investments in teacher training programs when new state standards or social-emotional learning programs are rolled out are recent examples where statewide decisions shape local choices.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

Edsurge

In 2018, a report conducted by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education and the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania found that 44 percent of new teachers left the classroom in five years. While that example may not apply to us, much of the work educators do daily is under threat.

Learning 168
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OPINION: New leadership at the top should mean big changes for English language learners

The Hechinger Report

One included academic standards for my state. The other was filled with the English language development (ELD) standards. My job was to ensure that my students, all of whom were categorized as English learners (ELs), met these grade-level and proficiency standards by the end of the year.

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OPINION: Four ways that Mississippi is teaching more children to read well

The Hechinger Report

Mississippi’s progress in reading, at a time when many other states’ scores are stagnant or falling, is a prime example of how a state’s long-term commitment to its goals can pay off. But huge swings in policy are often more disruptive than helpful. Third, involve other stakeholders.

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What Can Schools Learn from the Successful Transformation of Public Libraries?

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For example, as the internet emerged as the place where most people search for information, librarians embraced this change, rather than hide in the book stacks shouting “stop” at the future. In most cases, lack of resources is considered a liability.

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

Note: The original version of this piece was published on July 7, 2016 by New America as part of an EdCentral series on the next social contract for education: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/next-social-contract-public-education-needs-new-terms-service/.

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Why the ‘Best’ Ideas in Education Technology and Reform Don’t Win

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For example, every educational reformer is trying to convince other stakeholders that their ideas will solve a problem in education. Similarly, when a family sues a school district over equitable distribution of resources, conflict between parties has risen to a point that the legal system must intervene.