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Principal Evaluation

Study Examines Impact Principals Have On Student Achievement

Posted 10.24.2012 | Home
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It's indisputable that great teachers lead to successful students, as the presidential candidates have touted, but what about students' connection to ...

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New York's Rebellious School Principals

Kevin Welner | Posted 01.10.2012 | Home
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Kevin Welner

Over the past decade, these principals had a front-row seat as they watched NCLB and related policies create perverse incentives to teach to the test and narrow curriculum, they are pushing back against ramping up those incentives.

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Letter to Arne Duncan

Kevin Welner | Posted 09.28.2011 | Home
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Kevin Welner

While high-quality, thoughtful evaluation undoubtedly carries the potential to improve schooling, misguided evaluation approaches have a corresponding potential to harm our schools.

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