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Principles of High-Quality Mentoring

An instructionally intensive approach to supporting new teacher development

The educational landscape in the United States is shifting. As more politicians call for reform efforts that are proven to improve student outcomes, an awareness has emerged among policy makers and school district leaders that a focus on new teachers represents powerful leverage for increasing teacher, and teaching, quality throughout the system.
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Incent This!

When Arne Duncan was Chicago schools chief, he welcomed a research project that paid students to earn good grades, believing that monetary incentives would keep teens in school.

Now as U.S. Secretary of Education, Duncan has deployed monetary incentives on a broader scale...
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