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Center On Education Policy:
The U.S. Department of Education required all states to submit "teacher-equity plans" by July 2006 that laid out the specific steps states are taking to comply.
These organizations and many others were invited to attend if they had concrete, written proposals for improving the Act's requirements for the equitable distribution of qualified, experienced teachers.
To structure the roundtable session, the Center on Education Policy asked participating organizations to submit proposals in advance with their ideas for improving the distribution of qualified, experienced teachers between high-need schools (those with high enrollments of low income or mi nority students) and lower-need schools.
In sum, many organizations said the federal government should provide incentives for states and others to collect data on teachers' qualifications and experience, foster increased collaboration between schools/districts and institutions of higher education, and encourage more transparent and accurate reporting systems.
The Center on Education Policy urges the Congress and U.S. Department of Education officials to consider these recommendations and the specific suggestions submitted by the roundtable participants as they begin their deliberations on reauthorization of No Child Left Behind.
Instead, we help citizens make sense of the conflicting opinions and perceptions about public education and create the conditions that will lead to better public schools.
We are grateful to The Joyce Foundation, The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and The Carnegie Corporation, for their support of our work on the No Child Left Behind Act.
Posted on January 11, 2007 03:56 PM
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