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An Unwavering Focus on Student Achievement
By:Doug McCurry on February 06, 2013
Before No Child Left Behind, the discussion about equity in schools most often focused on inputs: per-pupil funding, class size, student-to-teacher ratios, books per student, computers per student, square feet of facility per student, average years...
However, Some Curricula Are Better Than Others (Part II of II)
on October 24, 2012
This is the second part of Co-CEO and Superintendent Doug McCurry's post about teachers and curricula. Read Part I here.
In schools that have closed the achievement gap, there is a remarkable similarity of curricula. All these curricula are...
Teachers Are More Important Than Curricula (Part I of II)
on October 23, 2012
Alan Bersin, the former superintendent of San Diego Public Schools and one of the nation's most forward-thinking educational leaders, focused his school reform efforts around finding and cultivating great teachers. In speeches, he often said, “A...
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