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Louisiana’s Workaround
SIG guidelines from the U.S. Department of Education indicate that state education agencies (SEAs) must ensure that all Tier I and Tier II schools—the very worst performing– are funded before the...
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This summer the teachers are the exchange students. 176 Chinese teachers are in Los Angeles preparing to teach Mandarin in schools across America. One trainee’s strategy: “”If I am kind to them,...
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Checking in on SIG. Three reporting powerhouses teamed up with 18 news outlets to take a comprehensive look at the School Improvement Grant program and how its money is being used. Education Sector...
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Ready, Fire, Aim: The Trouble with SIG Identification Process (Part 1)
One of the most important lessons of No Child Left Behind is that raw test scores are not a reasonable proxy for school quality unless they are combined with other measures. Yet the implementation of...
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