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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Common Core/National Tests |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Brain Research |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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| Class Size |
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| Counseling/Guidance |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Computer Science |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Regional Entities |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Credit Recovery |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Teaching Across Disciplines |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 English Language Learners (ELL) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Public/Private Partnerships |
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| P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| P-3 Technology |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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| Postsecondary Affordability |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
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| Postsecondary Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Outreach |
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| Postsecondary Students |
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| Postsecondary Students--Adults |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Students--Low-Income |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Proficiency-Based Approaches |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Purposes of Public Education |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Remediation (K-12) |
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| Rural |
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| Scale-Up/Replication |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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| School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School Safety--Special Education |
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| School/District Structure/Operations |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Social/Emotional Learning and Non-Cognitive Skills |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Foster Care |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Migrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Common Core State Standards |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| STEM |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Incentives |
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| Students--K-12 Exchange Students |
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| Students--Mobility |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| IL | To governor 06/2013 | P-12 | Test of Basic Skills Before Student Teaching or Final Semester of Internship
H.B. 490
Requires that applicants completing Illinois-approved, teacher education or school service personnel preparation programs pass the state board's recognized test of basic skills prior to starting their student teaching or starting the final semester of their in...
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| IL | To governor 06/2013 | P-12 | Minimum Requirements for Licensure Candidates Trained in Other States
S.B. 2199
Removes a provision that prohibits a candidate for licensure from beginning an internship or residency required for licensure until he/she has passed the applicable content area test. In provisions concerning the minimum requirements for educators trained in o...
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| NJ | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Temporary Certification
A.B. 2892
Allows certain military spouses with out-of-State teaching license to receive temporary instructional certificate in New Jersey.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/AL13/68_.PDF...
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12
Postsec. | English Mastery Council
S.B. 504
Sets forth the membership and duties of the council. The council will have 16 members, including the Superintendent, two higher education faculty members, two K-12 teachers, two parents, four school administrators, one school board member, two businesspeople,...
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | ESL Curriculum & Teacher Certification
S.B. 504
Eliminates requirement that State Board of Education must establish a program to teach English to pupils who are limited English proficient. Instead, the bill requires the state board of education to develop criteria so that local districts can develop their ...
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| NY | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Training in Social Patterns of Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination for Educator Certification
S.B. 5558
Extends to December 31, 2013 the deadline by which school professionals applying for certification (including for service as a classroom teacher, school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school administrator or supervisor or superintendent ...
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Licensing
H.B. 3254
Requires the Oregon Education Investment Board to develop model career pathways for educational assistants to become licensed teachers. Requires the model career pathways must take into consideration the skills and experience attained by an educational assista...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Qualifications of Charter School Employees
H.B. 647
Permits a charter school to employ a person as a teacher or aide if a district could employ the person as a teacher or aide, or if a district could employ the person as a teacher or educational aide if the person held the appropriate educator certification but...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Educator Preparation and Certification Requirements
H.B. 2318
Requires educator preparation programs to provide teacher certification candidates with information on the skills and responsibilities required of teachers, expectations for student performance based on state standards, the current supply of and demand for tea...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Satisfactory Performance Levels on Teacher Certification Exams
H.B. 2012 - Satisfactory Performance Levels on Teacher Certification Exams
Directs the state board to determine the satisfactory level of performance required for each exam required for certification. Requires candidates for a generalist certificate to achieve satisfactory level of performance in each core subject covered in the exam...
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| VA | Adopted 06/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Licensure
Virginia Admin. Code Title 8, Chs. 20-22
Increases the minimum acceptable scores on assessments (e.g., ) required for entry into teacher-preparation programs and state licensure. Raises Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment subscores on reading, writing multiple choice, and writing assignmen...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2013 | Postsec. | Postsecondary Military Students and Licensure Renewal for Deployed Military
H.B. 338
Requires board of a state public educational institution, community college, or technical school to adopt, by December 31, 2013, a policy requiring each institution under the board's supervision to award credit to students for prior military training or servic...
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2013 | P-12
Community College | Investigations Related to Certification
H.P. 335 -Subpeona Power
When conducting an investigation relating to the certification of teachers and other professional personnel under this chapter and rules of the state board, the commissioner
may issue subpoenas for education records relevant to that investigation.
http://www.m...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Licensure
H.F. 630
Allows the board of education to issue up to two additional temporary, one-year teaching licenses to an otherwise qualified candidate who has not yet passed the skills exam. Parental complaints cannot be the sole reason for license revocation. Creates the Tea...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2013 | P-12 | Notification of Employee Charges, Convications
S.B. 283
Requires district attorneys to notify the state board when an employee is charged with a felony or violent misdemeanor and when the employee has been convicted or receives a suspended sentence or probationary term for a sex-related crime for which a teaching c...
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2013 | P-12 | One-Year Provisional Certification in Special Education
H.B. 1233
Requires the state board to issue a one-year provisional certificate to teach in the area of mild-moderate or severe-profound disabilities to any qualified candidate who meets certain conditions. Addresses renewal, etc.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf...
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| AK | Signed into law 04/2013 | Postsec. | Military Training for Transferable Credit/Temporary License
H.B. 84
Accepts military education, training, and service for some or all of the qualifications otherwise required of an applicant for a license or certificate provided the
service is substantially equivalent to some or all of the qualifications otherwise required an...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | Educator Ethics
S.B. 1011
Protects school children from maltreatment by establishing a specific violation of the Code of Ethics for educators who have inappropriate relations with a student.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/2013R/Bills/SB1011.pdf...
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2013 | Postsec. | Credit for Online Courses - Military Students
H.B. 2181
Authorizes a licensing body to waive educational requirements towards certification or licensure for any former military service member who completes a distance education course through an accredited educational institution.
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b20...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | Grounds for License Denial
S.B. 2188 (Section 1)
Directs that after September 30, 2015, no teacher candidate will be licensed to teach in Mississippi if
(1) They scored under a 21 ACT equivalent or failed to achieve the nationally recommended passing score on the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators ex...
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | Prekindergarten Programs
S.B. 2395
Directs the State DOE to establish a voluntary prekindergarten program to be implemented no later than 2014-15. Requires funding to be phased in. Transfers the duties and responsibilities relative to this "early learning collaborative act" from the Department ...
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | Licensure Reciprocity to Include Endorsements
H.B. 1296
Adds a provision relating to teachers licensed in other states: "A license granted under this section must include all of the applicant's endorsements issued or
recognized by the applicant's other state of licensure."
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/d...
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| NM | Vetoed 04/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Competency Evaluation for Promotion
H.B. 481
Amends existing law and grants a level two teacher certification provided that a teacher supplies a professional development dossier that includes evidence of competence, collected over multiple years that demonstrates that the requirements for advancement to ...
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | Authorizing Alternative Assessments of Basic skills for Teacher Certification.
H.B. 1178
Amends existing law to expand the types of testing instruments and assessments that may be used to measure basic skills. Allows for the Washington professional educator standards board to identify and accept other tests and test scores as long as the tests are...
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | Authorizing Penalties Based on the Fraudulent Submission of Tests for Educators
S.B. 5701
Amends existing law so that a reprimand may be issued as an alternative to suspension or revocation of a certificate or permit. Allows for any certificate or permit to be revoked or suspended by the authority authorized to grant the same upon complaint from th...
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| AL | Adopted 03/2013 | P-12 | Testing for Initial Specialty Area Career and Technical Certificate
AL ADC 290-3-2-.02, -.23, -.24
Requires passing scores on the basic skills assessments of the Alabama Educator Certification Testing Program (AECTP) for issuance of an initial Specialty Area Career and Technical Certificate. ...
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Licensure
S.B. 456
Stipulates that teachers seeking licensure can waive the basic skills and content-specific assessments if they produce three years of documented teaching experience. Specifies requirements for nonrenewable/provisional licensure.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/a...
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| NC | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | Digital Learning Competencies/School Emp'ees.
H.B. 23
Requires that the The State Board of Education, in consultation with local boards of education and the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, reevaluate
and enhance the requirements for renewal of teacher licenses, integrate digital teaching a...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | Uniform Electronic Transactions for License and Certification Renewal
H.B. 62
Allows for a governmental agency may provide by rule the manner by which an applicant may satisfy by electronic means all agency requirements relating to certifications, permits, registrations, and licenses including but not limited to obtaining, renewing, rea...
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | Military and Spouses Professional Licensure
H.B. 180, S.B. 258
Permits the issuance of a license to a qualified military service member, the spouse of a military service member or a recent veteran who submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant holds a license that is current and in good standing, issued by another j...
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Certification of Content Area Knowledge
S.B. 268
Requires that teachers who teach in multiple subject areas pass content area tests in said subjects before July 1, 2014.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Bill/SB0268.pdf ...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | CPR Training
H.B. 2028/S.B. 986
Allows school boards to require current certification or training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for school personnel. Requires such training for those seeking initial teache...
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | Professional Licensing-Military.
S.F. 130
Requires professional and occupational licensing boards, in determining if an applicant meets educational and training requirements for licensure, to consider an applicant's relevant education, training and experience received as a member of the armed forces, ...
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects |
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| Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Contracts (Not Tenure) |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Computer Skills |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Internet Safety |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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