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State |
Status/Date |
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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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| CA | To governor 09/2013 | P-12
Postsec. | Education and Workforce Investment Systems
S.B. 118
From bill summary: Provides that the California Workforce Investment Board ("board") is responsible for assisting the governor in the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century workforce and the promotion of th...
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| CA | To governor 09/2013 | P-12 | Career and Technical Education in Corrections Education
A.B. 1019
From bill analysis: Requires goals for career technical education to be set by the superintendent of correctional education. Establishes factors that are required to be considered when establishing a career technical education program, including the demand for...
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2013 | P-12 | Career Technical Education Certificates
S.B. 540
From legislative counsel's digest: Authorizes a district or county office of education to award a pupil a career technical education certificate if the pupil meets specified requirements, including satisfactory completion of the equivalent of 4 semester-long c...
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| OR | Signed into law 08/2013 | Postsec. | Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee
H.B. 2912
Amends the issues to be addressed by the representatives from the department of education, the department of community colleges and workforce development and the bureau of labor and industries to encourage the establishment of joint high school and community c...
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2013 | P-12 | Duties of the State Board of Education
S.B. 103
Transfers authority for Perkins funds (career/technical education) from the department of labor to the department of education.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+103?Opendocument...
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| ME | Signed into law 07/2013 | P-12
Postsec. | An Act To Create an Educational Collaborative To Implement a Program That Enables Career and Technical Education Students To Earn College Credits while Attending High School, (LD 1412)
S.P. 506
Establishes a collaborative board composed of representatives of career and technical education programs, high schools and publicly supported postsecondary institutions in the State to implement a program that enables career and technical education students to...
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2013 | P-12
Postsec. | Education Campus Fund
S.B. 381
Creates the Innovation Education Campus Fund to provide funding to innovation education campuses - an educational partnership between high schools or school districts, a Missouri four-year public or private institution of higher education, a Missouri-based bu...
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2013 | P-12 | Career and Technical Education Advisory Council
S.B. 17
Establishes the Career and Technical Education Advisory Council. Repeals the State Advisory Committee for Vocational Education. The advisory council must make an annual written report to the State Board of Education and the Commissioner of Education regarding ...
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Joint Technical Education District Funding
H.B. 2499
Requires the average daily membership (ADM) for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students enrolled at a centralized campus that is leased by a Joint Technical Education District (JTED) and that is at least 2.5 hours long to be calculated to be increased from 1.25 to...
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Charter School Provisions
S.B. 1447
Requires charter schools to provide students with 180 instructional days, up from 175. Provides that charter schools can offer preschool programs for students with disabilities. Finds that charter schools will receive $1,654 in Additional Assistance for disa...
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Statewide Work-Based Learning Intermediary Network Program
H.F. 604
Appropriations bill, but includes various changes to the Statewide Work-Based Learning Intermediary Network Program, including modifying the purposes of the program and the duties of the steering committee, regional networks, and regional advisory councils for...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Part-Time Provisional Career and Technical Educator Endorsement
H.B. 1868
Permits an Educator License with Stipulations to be renewable. Allows a part-time provisional career and technical educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations to be issued to an applicant who has a minimum of 8,000 hours of work experience in...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Advanced CTE and Applied STEM Courses in Graduation Requirements
H.B. 2201
Permits students to fulfill the 3rd and 4th math and science credits for the recommended and advanced high school programs by completing an advanced career and technical course (previously, students coupld substitute only a math course taken after taking Algeb...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12
Postsec. | Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program
H.B. 3662
Creates the Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program. Provides the purposes of the program are to provide selected districts, and public and private or independent institutions of higher education, with the opportunity to establish innovative programs designed...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Dual Credit for Certain CTE Courses
H.B. 842
Permits a program implemented under the college credit program to provide a student with the opportunity to earn credit for a course or activity, including an apprenticeship or training hours, that (1) allows a student to concurrently earn credit toward a high...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12
Postsec. | Texas Fast Start Program
S.B. 441
Directs the Texas Workforce Commission, in partnership with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to establish and administer the Texas Fast Start Program to identify and develop methods to support, and to provide support for, competency-based, rapid-...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Adult High School Diploma and Industry Certification Charter School Pilot Program
S.B. 1142
Directs the commissioner of education to establish an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program for up to 150 participants ages 19-50. Permits a charter to be granted to an applicant nonprofit entity, to provide an adult...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | Postsec. | Partnerships between the Texas State Technical College System and Public Junior Colleges
H.B. 2760
Permits the higher education coordinating board and a public junior college to enter into a partnership to coordinate the management and operations of the institutions and to enhance the delivery of technical education programs statewide. Requires that such a ...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12
Postsec. | Developing a Skilled Workforce
H.C.R. 82
Requests the creation of a joint interim committee to study education policy as it relates to developing a skilled workforce. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/pdf/HC00082F.pdf#navpanes=0...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Skills Development Fund Dollars to Support Certain Dual Credit Programs
H.B. 3028
Permits the Texas Workforce Commission to use up to 5% of the general revenue appropriated to the skills development fund for that biennium, along with funds available to the commission from other sources, to be awarded to a public junior college, public state...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Career and Technology Consortium
H.B. 5 - Career and Technology Consortium
Directs the commissioner of education to investigate options for the state to join a consortium of states to develop sequences of academically rigorous career and technology courses in high-demand, high-wage career areas in the state. Requires that the curricu...
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | CTE Partnerships with Higher Education, Local Business and Community
H.B. 5 - CTE Partnerships with Higher Education, Local Business and Community
Permits a district to offer a course or other activity, including an apprenticeship or training hours needed to obtain an industry-recognized credential or certificate, that is approved by the board of trustees for credit without obtaining state board approval...
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2013 | P-12 | Twenty-First Century Workforce Act
H.B. 102
The Twenty-First Century Workforce Act authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority (APSCA) to issue up to $50,000,000 in additional bonds for the purpose of providing funds to local boards of education to purchase career and technical education ...
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2013 | P-12 | Career Pathways and Technical Education Advisory Task Force
H.F. 630
Creates the task force to improve outcomes for students and adult learners, align secondary and postsecondary programs, and measured the combined efficacy of Minnesota's P-20 programs. Charges task force with (1) better informing students about career options,...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | College and Career Coaches Program
H.B. 2039
Creates the College and Career Coaches Program. Designates which districts are required to participate. Provides that the departments of education and higher education will jointly administer the program. Details that districts will receive supplementary fundi...
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | Career/Technical Education
S.B. 1076 - Career/Technical Education
Section 3: Authorizes a district board to appoint a governing board for a school district technical center or system of technical centers to align the center's programs with local business needs. Directs the school board to delegate to the technical center gov...
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12
Community College | Creates Regional Indiana Works Council
S.B. 465
Establishes an Indiana Works Council (Council) for each region designated by the Governor. Provides that council members are selected, appointed by the Governor. Requires the Education Roundtable to provide staff/administrative support to Councils. Requires ea...
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Establishes Indiana Career Council
H.B. 1002
Establishes the Indiana Career Council to: (1) align the various participants in the state's education, job skills development, and career training system; (2) match the education and skills training provided by the state's education, job skills development, a...
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | District Financial Incentive
S.B. 128
Rewards districts where students graduate with an industry-recognized credential. "Industry recognition" defined as programs and certifications approved by the state Secretary of Labor....
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2013 | P-12 | Strengthening Career and Technology Student Organizations Program
H.B. 86
Creates the state-level strengthening career and technology student organizations program. Describes purposes. Sets parameters for grant funding. Organizations submitting grant proposals are required to provide: (a) a program description, including measurable ...
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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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| SD | Signed into law 03/2013 | Postsec. | Enhancement of South Dakota's Economic Development and Education
S.B. 235
Permits thirty percent of the building South Dakota fund to be transferred to the workforce education fund. The workforce education fund can be used to fund the limited English proficiency adjustment, provide grants for the purposes of providing secondary car...
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | Occupational Training for High School Students
H.B. 1858
Requires the Board of Education to develop, by July 1, 2014, a waiver form for use by any entity providing a career and technical occupational experience for public secondary school students.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1858ER+pdf...
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| NM | Passed 02/2013 | P-12
Postsec. | Alignment of Education and Training to Types of Employment
H.M. 45
Resolves that the economic development department, the workforce solutions department, the public education department, the bureau of business and economic research at the University of New Mexico, and the arrowhead center at New Mexico State University coordi...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2013 | P-12 | High School to Work Partnerships
S.B. 1248
Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for the establishment of High School to Work Partnerships between public high schools and local businesses to create apprenticeships, internships, and job shadow programs in a variety of trades and skilled l...
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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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| 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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