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High Performing Schools

New D.C. Public Schools Initiative Aims To Attract, Retain High-Performing Teachers

Posted 09.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Michelle Rhee, High Performing Schools, Highly Effective Teachers, Teacher Observing, Teacher Evaluations, Dc Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Raises, Washington Dc Teacher Evaluations, Washington Dc Schools, Dc Teachers, Merit Pay, Teacher Pay, Kaya Henderson, D.C. Public Schools, Video, Home News

Under a new D.C. Public Schools “career ladder” initiative, high-performing teachers in low-income schools will see a streamlined process to salar...

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Is 6th Grade The Answer To America's Dropout Crisis?

| Kathryn Baron | Posted 01.30.2012 | Home
Read More: K-12 Education, High Performing Schools, High Performing Students, Achievement Gains, K-12, Middle School Programs, Academic Performance, Elementary School, Academic Success, High School Dropouts, Sixth Grade, Video, Education, Dropout Crisis, High School, Middle School, Sixth Grade Students, Home News

This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. The idea that hormonally-cha...

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How Higher-Performing Schools Made It Onto The 'Low-Achieving' List

| Sue Frey | Posted 01.17.2012 | Home
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This story comes to us courtesy of California's EdSource Extra. Several dozen elementary schools with scores higher than the state's target for aca...

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Students Flood High Performing Schools, Effect Of No Child Left Behind

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Successful schools nationwide are opening doors to students from low-performing schools as a result of the No Child Left Behind law. The Washington P...

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