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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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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--Learnfare |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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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--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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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--Charter Schools--Research |
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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--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Counseling/Guidance |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Computer Science |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Home Economics |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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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 |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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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--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Does Money Matter? |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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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--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--Mandates |
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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 |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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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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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Baccalaureate |
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| International Benchmarking |
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| Leadership |
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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--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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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 |
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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--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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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 Brain Development |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Data Systems |
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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 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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| Parent/Family--Research |
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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 Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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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 Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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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--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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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--International |
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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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| Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) |
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| Proficiency-Based Approaches |
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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Purposes of Public Education |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Religion--Prayer/Meditation |
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| Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) |
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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--Day/Class Length |
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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--Week |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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| School Climate/Culture |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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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--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School Safety--Special Education |
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| School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
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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--District Size |
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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--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Org. (K-3/K-8 etc.) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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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--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) |
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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--Immigrant 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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| Standards--Implementation |
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| State Comparisons/Statistics |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Ballot Questions |
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| State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses |
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| State Policymaking--Politics |
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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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| Student Surveys |
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| Students |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Employment |
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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--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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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--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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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--Paraprofessionals |
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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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| TX | Signed into law 06/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Evaluations and Teacher Development, Employment Decisions
H.B. 2012 - Teacher Evaluations and Teacher Development, Employment Decisions
Provides that each teacher is entitled to receive a written copy of his/her evaluation promptly on its completion. Requires that, in addition to conducting an annual performance appraisal (or less frequently, under certain circumstances) of each teacher, appro...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2013 | P-12 | Teacher Dismissal
H.B. 1112
Amends regulations related to teachers dismissed due to a reduction in force, rehiring processes for those dismissed. Specifies that when it is necessary to reduce the number of teaching or nonlicensed positions in a school system because of a decrease in enro...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2013 | P-12 | Reduction in Teacher Force
H.B. 261
Amends the decision to institute a reduction in force and the selection of an employee or employees subject to such reduction to be at the sole discretion of the board of trustees, except for decisions as to which employee or employees will be subject to such ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12
Community College | Notice of Layoff to Classified Employees
A.B. 1908
From bill summary: Requires that written notice be given to a classified employee of a school district or community college district subject to layoff not less than 60 days before the effective layoff date if the termination date of a specially funded program ...
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12
Community College | Reemployed Worker Who Failes to Complete Probationary Period in New Position
A.B. 2307
From bill summary: Existing law requires that persons laid off because of lack of work or funds in a school district or community college district that has adopted the merit system be eligible for reemployment for a period of 39 months. New provision requires ...
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Employment Pool
H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions
Creates professional and temporary employment pool for employees from a district where students have been reassigned to another district. Employees in the pool must be offered employment by an district receiving students who have been reassigned to whenever th...
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| MA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Teacher and Principal Evaluation Systems
S.B. 2315
Requires the State Board to establish and maintain a data system for the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of district evaluation systems in assuring effective teaching and administrative leadership. Requires that such information be made publicly availab...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Administrator Contracts, RIFs, Furlough Days
S.B. 153
Replaces reference to "principal" with reference to "administrator" in certain provisions pertaining to actions to terminate or suspend a school employee's contract. Provides that actions to terminate or suspend contracts due to staff reductions incurred by lo...
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Reductions in Force
S.B. 184 - Reductions in Force
Section 2: Prohibits a local board from adopting or implementing a policy that allows length of service to be the primary or sole determining factor when implementing a reduction in force. Requires the local board to consider as the primary factor educator per...
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Tenure
S.B. 2693
Provides that a tenured teacher dismissed because of abolition of a position shall be placed on a list for reemployment in the first vacancy the teacher is qualified by training and experience to fill. Forbids director of schools or board of education from usi...
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Teacher Reduction in Force and Dismissals
H.B. 974 - RIF Section
Requires school boards to adopt policies that delegate reduction in force to local superintendents to dismiss teachers and other employees. Requires reduction in force policies to be based solely upon demand, performance, and effectiveness, as determined by t...
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| OH | Repealed by referedum 11/2011 | P-12 | Reductions in Force
S.B. 5 - Reductions in Force
Allows a public employer to determine the basis for selection, retention and promotion of employees, unless the public employer specifically agrees otherwise in an express written provision of a collective bargaining agreement. http://www.legislature.state.oh....
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Rehiring Laid-Off Teachers
A.B. 1269
Amends provisions related to rehiring of laid-off teachers. Deletes provisions requiring that reemployment be in the reverse order of layoff, and instead requires that reemployment be in order of seniority. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1251-...
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| IN | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Reduction in Force
S.B. 1 - Reduction in Force
From bill summary: Requires reduction in force to be based on performance. Requires that teachers subject to dismissal because of reduction in force be notified between May 1-July 1. Authorizes all teachers who are to be dismissed to request a conference with ...
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| MI | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Teacher and Administrator Evaluation/Governor's Council on Educator Effectiveness
H.B. 4627
From Legislative Staff Summary - Specifies provisions that must apply to personnel decisions concerning teachers when a school district or intermediate school district (ISD) conducts a staffing or program reduction or otherwise makes a personnel determination ...
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| NH | Became law without governor's signature 07/2011 | P-12 | Regulations for Nonrenomination or Nonreelection of Teachers
S.B. 196
Amends the length of time required for a teacher to be entitled to the rights of notification and hearing for failure to be renominated or reelected. Declares that in cases of nonrenomination or nonreelection because of reduction in force, the reduction in for...
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Reduction in Force
S.B. 8 - Reduction in Force
Repeals provision requiring reduction in force to be made in the reverse order of seniority. Replaces with provision that reductions in force must be made primarily based on teacher appraisals and other criteria as determined by the board. Pages 5-6 of 19: htt...
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Termination/Nonrenewal of Teacher Contracts
S.B. 8 - Termination/Nonrenewal of Teacher Contracts
From bill summary: Changes the deadline by which a district board of trustees is required to notify a teacher employed under a probationary contract and a teacher whose contract is about to expire of its decision to terminate the teacher's employment at the en...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Seniority Should Not Be Used in Hiring Decisions
S.B. 7 - Seniority Should Not Be Used in Hiring Decisions
(Does not apply to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), as CPS already requires hiring for new and vacant positions to be based on seniority.) Specifies that selection of a candidate for a new or vacant teaching position must be based on consideration of factors incl...
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Reductions in Force and Teacher Recalls
S.B. 7 - Reductions in Force and Teacher Recalls
(Does not apply to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), as CPS is already required to base layoffs on performance rather than seniority.) Makes changes to reduction in force procedures effective with the 2011-12 school term. Amends teacher notification processes. For...
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Teacher and Administrator Evaluations and Employment
A.B. 229
Expands the requirements of the annual reports of accountability to include a reporting of the number and percentages of administrators, teachers, and other staff for each elementary school, middle school or junior high school and high school and for each scho...
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Seniority Removed as Decisionmaking Factor
H.B. 153 - Seniority Removed as Decisionmaking Factor
Specifies that seniority may not be the basis to retain a teacher, except when making a decision between teachers with comparable evaluations. Removes language that in any reduction in force, a service center must suspend contracts in accordance with the recom...
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| FL | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Workforce Reductions
S.B. 736 - Workforce Reductions
Repeals existing provisions requiring that workforce reductions be made pursuant to collective bargaining agreements, where such exist. Provides that if workforce reduction is needed, local boards must retain employees based on educational program needs and pe...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Renewable Contracts
S.B. 1108
Section 33-515 states that it is the intent of the legislature that after January 31, 2011, no new employment contract between a school district and a certificated employee shall result in the vesting of tenure, continued expectations of employment or property...
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Teacher Layoff and Teacher Tenure
S.B. 73
Prohibits districts from using a last-hired-first-fired layoff policy when terminating school district employees. Permits a district to consider the results of an employee's performance evaluation and a school's personnel needs when terminating an employee. Du...
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| NY | Emergency Rule Adoption 05/2010 | P-12 | Teacher Certification
Title 8 NYCRR Section 80-4.3
From administrative register: The purpose of the proposed amendment is to provide flexibility from the current teacher certification requirements to allow districts and BOCES to reassign effective classroom teachers to another grade level during this demonstra...
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| AZ | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Teacher employment
H.B. 2011--Section 14
Section 14. H--Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or charter school shall not adopt policies that provide employment retention priority for teachers based on tenure or seniority.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/3s/bills/hb2011.pdf...
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| WA | Adopted 07/2009 | P-12 | Teacher RIF
WAC 181-79A-250
Stipulates that, given current budget constraints, teachers who are unemployed or subject to reduction- in-force are granted an additional two-year renewal within nine years of the date of their last employment.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/...
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| OR | Rejected by voters 08/2008 | P-12 | Teaching Quality Requirements & Pay
Ballot Measure 60
Enacts the Kids First Act; requires that pay raises for public school teachers shall be based upon each teacher's classroom performance and not related to or connected to his or her seniority; provides that if a school district reduces its teaching staff, the ...
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| TN | Signed into law 02/2008 | P-12 | Reduction in Number of Teachers
S.B. 2629
Present law allows a local board of education to dismiss any teacher if it becomes necessary to reduce the number of teaching positions due to a decrease in enrollment or for other good reasons. A tenured teacher who has been dismissed under such circumstances...
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Educational Support Personnel Employees
S.B. 1560
Relates to a section concerning educational support personnel employees. Provides that if the hours the employee works are reduced for certain reasons, then written notice must be given to the employee. Provides that if a reduction in hours is due to an unfore...
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| NY | Vetoed 08/2007 | P-12 | Service Credit for Laid-Off Teachers
A.B. 8445
Allows former members of the New York city teachers' retirement system who were suspended because of fiscal measures taken by New York city to obtain service credit. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08445&sh=t...
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Nonrenewal of a Teacher's Contract
H.B. 1489
Allows a nonpermanent teacher ten days to request a conference with the governing body after receiving a notice of nonrenewal of the teacher's contract; provides that the governing body may not take action concerning the nonrenewal of the teacher's contract un...
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | District Consolidation
S.B. 1067
Revises school district consolidation plan requirements; provides for payment of costs for feasibility studies and plans per school district that proposes to consolidate; provides that the board of school districts newly formed through consolidation may make s...
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| LA | Signed into law 12/2005 | P-12 | Retirement Benefits
H.B. 18A
Allows a member of any state or statewide public retirement system on involuntary furlough or leave without pay due to a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency to purchase credit for the period of the furlough or such leave by paying the required emplo...
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | School Districts
S.B. 1042
Requires school districts to have a reduction in force policy in each school district based upon objective criteria for a layoff and recall of employees.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1042.pdf...
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Reduction in Force Notification
H.B. 1983
Directs any school board in a county having the urban county executive form of government to notify by May 15 those teachers who may be subject to a reduction in force due to a decrease in the school board's budget....
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