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Develop and Validate — Then Scale
Lessons from the Gates Foundation’s Effective Teaching Strategy
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EdStat: All Else Being Equal, Teachers with Classes in which 20 Percent of Students had an Emotional/ Behavioral Disorder were 2.15 Percentage Points More Likely to Leave Their School or Teaching
Teachers are likely a key element in the successful inclusion of students with disabilities (SWDs), but few studies have investigated how general-education teachers are impacted.
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EdStat: Twenty-Seven Percent of Public K‒12 Schools had a Reading Coach on Staff by the 2015‒16 School Year, According to the National Teacher and Principal Survey
Does one-to-one coaching actually help teachers get better?
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Has Inclusion Gone Too Far?
Weighing its effects on students with disabilities, their peers, and teachers
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EdStat: Around the World, There are Approximately 264 Million Children Not in School
Another 330 million are in school but not learning.
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EdStat: $18 Billion a Year is Spent on Professional Development for U.S. Teachers
But teachers usually don’t get to pick their own programs.
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EdStat: For Teachers Who Report that Covering Housing Costs is Very Difficult, the Chronic Absenteeism Rate is Nine Percentage Points Higher
Long commutes combine with rising rents to create economic anxiety.
Teachers and Teaching
EdStat: In 2016, Raising Blended Learners Chose Five “Demonstration Sites” to Receive Grants of up to $500,000 Over Three Years
These sites had mixed to modest gains in student achievement, though educators report greater student ownership of learning and fewer disciplinary problems.
Teachers and Teaching
EdStat: When the Public is Told How Much Teachers Currently Earn, Only 36 Percent Support Raising Teacher Salaries
According to the EdNext poll, support is down 5 percentage points from 2016.
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… So we can rewire schools for belonging and achievement
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State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
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Threats to quality and innovation outweigh benefit of increased access.
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