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Corequisite Remediation in Mathematics: A Review of First-Year Implementation and Outcomes of Quantway and Statway
This report illustrates how Carnegie Math Pathways corequisite courses, Quantway College with Corequisite and Statway College with Corequisite, provide an effective alternative to traditional remediation.
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Collaborative Lesson Studies: Powerful Professional Learning for Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards
NGSS Early Implementers is a six-year initiative created to help eight California school districts and two charter management organizations implement the Next Generation Science Standards. This report explores how Teaching Learning Collaboratives (or lesson studies) served as the cornerstone professional learning activity for teacher leaders.
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Math Pathways & Pitfalls Algebra Readiness: Lessons and Teaching Guide, Grades 7–8 (Beta Version)
This complimentary beta version of Math Pathways & Pitfalls Algebra Readiness mathematics intervention is intended to help students tackle stubborn pitfalls head-on and transform those pitfalls into pathways for learning key standards. It offers an entire year’s worth of lessons that focus on the critical areas of algebra readiness, using the same research-backed principles that informed the original series.
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The Writing Framework: Advancing Balanced Literacy Through Engagement and Empowerment
Join this webinar to hear how Cascade Union Elementary School District is using the Writing Framework approach to enhance student writing and discourse.
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Effective Instruction for English Learner Students with Disabilities
Learn how Georgia is building statewide teacher capacity to instruct English learner students with disabilities.
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Strengthening Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to Focus on Student Learning
Learn how Brockport Central Schools in New York uses VITAL Collaboration to strengthen their PLCs and enhance teacher collaboration.
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Identifying Promising Practices in Charter Schools: A Framework for an Evidence-Based Approach
Previous efforts to identify promising practices in charter schools have often relied on self-reported practices from high-performing schools, with little assessment of local context, generalizability,
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Considering Turnaround for Low-Performing Charter Schools
Charter schools vary widely in terms of performance. Some serve their students well and meet all the requirements of their charter. But what happens when a charter school doesn’t perform? Read about what authorizers and charter school leaders should know when considering turnaround strategies. -
How Districts and States Can Support Instructional Transformation In the Turnaround Context
This Center on School Turnaround paper presents guidelines and recommendations for states and districts as they seek to improve systems that support instructional practices.
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Perkins V Implementation: Aligning Career Pathways to Your Region’s Labor Market
Join this webinar to hear how the Nevada Department of Education uses data scenarios to ground conversations and planning during their transition to the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V).
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Perspectives on California's Statewide Math and Science Communities of Practice
This report discusses the development and continued operation of two statewide communities of practice focused on mathematics and science standards implementation.
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Implementing California's Mathematics and Science Standards: Lessons Learned From Regional and County Collaboration
This report presents lessons learned from 13 regional collaboratives working to build partnerships, capacity, and – ultimately – sustainability for mathematics and science standards implementation.
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Building a Foundation for School Discipline Reform: Action Steps for States to Improve the Collection and Use of Data on School Discipline
Learn five key steps that state education agencies can take to improve how they collect, publicly report, and use school discipline data.
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A Cross-State Evaluation of MIND Research Institute’s ST Math Program and Math Performance
This report presents the findings from an assessment of mathematics outcomes in elementary schools across multiple states that were provided with the ST Math program.
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“We Shake Hands at the Door”: How a Focus on Relationships Is Driving Improvement in Chula Vista
Learn how strong relationship-building – teacher to student, student to student, teacher to teacher, and administrator to teacher – guides improvement efforts in San Diego’s Chula Vista Elementary School District.
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