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Does Merit Pay For Teachers Have Merit? Pros And Cons Of New Models For...
Although popular in public opinion polls, merit pay - also called performance pay - faces stiff opposition from teacher organizations when linked to student test scores. Critics contend compensating...
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Top 5 Issues in 2012: Education
Educators and policymakers realize that all of America’s students need a high-quality education to prepare them for college and careers. 2012 promises to be another busy year in transformational...
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Advanced Placement on the Rise; State Policy can Increase Participation Further.
The 2012 College Board report shows student participation in advanced placement courses increased dramatically in the decade between 2001 and 2011. However, the report also states most minority student...
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States Making Early Steps in Journey Toward Common Core State Standards...
Ensuring students are academically prepared for postsecondary education was the spark leading the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers in 2005 to push for a...
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New state reading initiatives in Midwest aim to identify, help struggling...
Stateline Midwest ~ June 2012Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin are among the states this year where lawmakers have focused education-reform efforts on improving early-learning literacy.read more
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Travel Journal: Wading into Deeper Learning
It is one thing to read or hear about education policies and practices that result in innovative and transformative schools - schools that leave the common perceptions about how teaching and learning...
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Travel Journal: Fitting the Planet Inside a School House
Visiting The Denver Center for International Studies (DCIS), a magnet school with 600 students, grades 6-12, in the Denver Public School District, seems like taking a stroll through the United Nations....
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Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin among states reshaping K-12 reading laws
Stateline Midwest ~ September 2012The data alone on fourth-graders’ literacy skills could have prompted this year’s surge in new laws that require early identification of struggling readers and...
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Travel Journal: Can a School Navigate Stormy Seas Without a Captain?
It was day three of a two-state tour to visit schools breaking the mold when it comes to how to educate students for the 21st century. A colleague and I recently traveled to Denver, where we visited...
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Top 5 Issues for 2013 Expanded: Education
Policymakers know America’s educational system must transform to significantly increase the academic achievement of all students. A high-quality education, including content mastery and real world...
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States’ Role in Deeper Learning for Student Success
Pam Goins, director of The Council of State Governments’ Center for Innovation and Transformation in Education, will join other education experts in a webinar discussion on how state policymakers can...
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Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin among states reshaping K-12 reading laws
Tim AndersonStateline Midwest ~ September 2012 The data alone on fourth-graders’ literacy skills could have prompted this year’s surge in new laws that require early identification of struggling...
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Travel Journal: Can a School Navigate Stormy Seas Without a Captain?
Tim WeldonIt was day three of a two-state tour to visit schools breaking the mold when it comes to how to educate students for the 21 st century. A colleague and I recently traveled to Denver, where we...
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Top 5 Issues for 2013 Expanded: Education
Pam GoinsPolicymakers know America’s educational system must transform to significantly increase the academic achievement of all students. A high-quality education, including content mastery and real...
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States’ Role in Deeper Learning for Student Success
Pam GoinsPam Goins, director of The Council of State Governments’ Center for Innovation and Transformation in Education, will join other education experts in a webinar discussion on how state...
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A Framework for State Policymakers: Ensuring All Students are College- and...
Tim WeldonVideo Series: A Framework for State Policymakers: Ensuring All Students are College- and Career-Ready Disc One: Problem Solving Through Project-Based Learning (Danville High School, Danville,...
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States experimenting with competency-based education model to individualize...
Tim AndersonStateline Midwest ~ 2013 MLC Annual Meeting Edition Picture a school system with no credits, no grades and no educational units. And rather than graduating from high school after passing a...
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Digital Learning Boosts Student Engagement
Pam GoinsDigital learning offers a new direction for students, teachers and school districts. Opportunities exist to customize and personalize education so each student receives the tools they need to...
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State Policymakers Learn How to Advance Digital Learning and STEM Education
Pam GoinsAccording to Cameron Evans, Microsoft’s U.S. Education Chief Technology Offer, on any given day the corporation has 8,000 vacant jobs due to the lack of a skilled workforce. These are not...
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Technology Taking Education to New Heights
Carrie AbnerTechnology has changed the course of the world—making daily tasks easier, faster and cheaper to complete. But are American students prepared to change the course of technology in the...
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