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Heller, Rafael – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
Amaya Garcia of New America talks with Kappan about grow-your-own programs, in which school districts partner with teacher preparation programs to recruit and prepare community members, often current students or school staff, to teach in local schools. A recent 50-state scan shows that there is a great deal of variety in how these programs are…
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Education Programs, Partnerships in Education, Program Design
O'Brien, Colleen – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2011
In 2001, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched the multi-year, multi-million dollar Washington State Achievers Scholarship program. Concerned about disparities in college participation for low-income students in the state of Washington versus their wealthier peers, the Gates Foundation partnered with the College Success Foundation…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Paying for College, Financial Support, Educational Opportunities
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Lavy, Victor – Future of Children, 2007
Tying teachers' pay to their classroom performance should, says Victor Lavy, improve the current educational system both by clarifying teaching goals and by attracting and retaining the most productive teachers. But implementing pay for performance poses many practical challenges, because measuring individual teachers' performance is difficult.…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Incentives, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries