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4 Things to Know About the Next Memphis Schools Budget Proposal
The proposed $1.7 billion Memphis-Shelby County Schools budget could be the last one local board members have full control over before a GOP-appointed state board comes in.
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Teacher Retention High Needs Schools
Compassionate leadership can help principals in high-needs schools improve teacher retention and make the work sustainable.
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Edutopia
Teacher Retention High Needs Schools
Compassionate leadership can help principals in high-needs schools improve teacher retention and make the work sustainable.
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Opinion: My Arizona School Needed More Teachers. We Put Administrators in the Classroom
May 13
As a new principal last year, I was trying to reconcile budget cuts with instructional needs when an idea occurred to me: What if I could boost our capacity by putting my administrative team in classrooms as co-teachers? That’s now my school’s everyday reality. It took work, training and trust, but today each administr…
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Teacher Voice: a Districtwide Curriculum and Group Instruction Helped Turn Around Middle School Math Scores in My High-Needs District
May 4
When I taught middle school math, some of my worst days as a teacher were spent sitting at an uncomfortable cafeteria table, watching someone slog through a PowerPoint about strategies for classroom management or student engagement. Like students, teachers learn best by doing; research has long shown that learning is m…