All eyes were on Pittsburgh Public Schools when the state of Pennsylvania adopted Act 82 in 2012, requiring all school districts to evaluate all teachers based on observation and student performance. The Pittsburgh work on teacher effectiveness, which began in 2009, has been applauded for developing and implementing best practices related to teacher evaluation in... More
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A Teachable Moment
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Attendance Matters
Schools in Pennsylvania and most other states are not required to track chronic absenteeism, and most don’t. As a result, a comprehensive picture of chronic absenteeism remains elusive. More