July 13, 2012
Categories: Report On Education
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The 2009 Brown Center Report on American Education | Brookings Institution. 2009 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? Released in March 2010, the Brown Center Report includes an examination of conversion charter schools, drawing on two decades of data from California, the state with the most and among the […]
July 13, 2012
Categories: Strategies, Teachers
Tags: competitiveness, education, teachers
Great teachers have the ability to transform and enrich the lives and living standards of Americans. According to recent research, a student’s kindergarten teacher has long-lasting influence on important lifetime outcomes, such as future earnings. These effects are so important that the difference between having an above-average kindergarten teacher and a below-average kindergarten teacher could […]
July 13, 2012
Categories: Competitiveness
Tags: competitiveness, global
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 This week, NBC News launched “Education Nation” in an attempt to engage the public in thoughtful dialogue about how to provide every American with an opportunity to have the “best education in the world.” The discussion focuses on many important aspects of the American education system, including dismal dropout rates, poor […]
July 13, 2012
Categories: Teachers Evaluation
Tags: evaluations, teachers
Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems | Brookings Institution. U.S. public schools are in the early stages of a revolution in how they go about evaluating teachers. In years past there was little more than intuition and anecdote to support the view that teachers vary in their quality. The little data that was available came […]
July 13, 2012
Categories: Policies For Teachers
Tags: policy
There is also widespread agreement that the nation needs to increase the level of academic achievement of its students and address large achievement gaps between children from more and less advantaged families. Thus, it is imperative that we enhance the overall quality of the teacher workforce and enact policies that increase the opportunities for children […]