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Tennessee's report card on teacher prep programs even cooler than TFA results
A new report from Tennessee's Higher Education Commission shows that Teach For America teachers outperformed traditionally trained teachers (regardless of experience level) in reading, science, and social studies.
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The secret to good parenting? Good schools.
I'm not so sure Mike is right that ?we have a parenting problem, not a poverty problem,? and I'm even less sure that he is right that educators should ?start talking about the problem."
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Quotable & notable
?It's not money in a vacuum. What they do with it is buy more academic programs, more technology; they pay more to teachers and attract better students.'' * ?Ralph Martire, executive director for the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability