PERSONALIZED PLAN TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE: New Initiative to Involve Students, Teachers, Counselors, Parents Article

September 23, 2002

Beginning this school year, the Houston Independent School District is implementing a new program that allows teachers to track student progress and to improve parental communication.

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Teacher Effectiveness, Teachers and School Leaders, Technology

ADOLESCENT LITERACY INITIATIVE WOULD TARGET STRUGGLING READERS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS Article

September 23, 2002

According to the data from the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress, 26 percent of eighth graders and 23 percent of twelfth graders do not have even partial mastery of the fundamental reading skills expected at their grade levels.

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Assessments, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Preparation, Teachers and School Leaders

Around the Country Article

November 26, 2001

Recently, the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) named their Middle and High School Principals of the Year.

Categories:
Teacher Effectiveness, Teachers and School Leaders, Technology

Alliance At Work Article

November 19, 2001

Recently, the Alliance was represented at the release of a new report by the National Association of Elementary School Principals, in partnership with Collaborative Communications Group, called "Leading Learning Communities: What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do."

Categories:
Expanded Learning Opportunities, High School Reform, Secondary School Improvement, Teacher Effectiveness, Teachers and School Leaders, Technology