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Friday, January 6, 2012
Good Teachers Create Lasting Gains
This NY Times article entitled "Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain" reviews recent research that reveals elementary and middle-school teachers who help their students raise standardized testing scores also impact wider-ranging variables, such as teen pregnancy rates and college graduations. Students with top-performing teachers also make more money as adults. What variables might be influencing this correlation? How could this research impact the future of our educational system?
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