Teacher Retention

Closing The Revolving Door: What's Being Done To Keep Teachers?

Jessica Prois | Posted 07.21.2011

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Jessica Prois

Leading education experts share ideas on what schools can do and are doing to keep teachers from leaving the profession.

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Letter to the Lawrence, Kan. School Board

Leonie Haimson | Posted 05.28.2011

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Leonie Haimson

Reducing class size, particularly in the early grades, is one of the very few educational strategies proven to increase learning and narrow the achievement gap.

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How to Find, Support, and Keep Good Teachers: A Recipe for Success

Alison Suffet Diaz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alison Suffet Diaz

Our school is not simply lucky to have great teachers; finding them, supporting them, and keeping them is all by design, and serves as a blueprint for similar success.

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Overhyping Teach For America, Undercutting Millions of Students

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Brown

I'm concerned that Teach for America is being propped up by many as a cure-all for America's education woes, when it is nothing of the kind.

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