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We must
stand for these priorities in order to bring
every general education child to grade level proficiency
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Great teaching |
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No school can bring every child to grade level proficiency no matter what the child’s family background without acknowledging
and acting on differences in teacher effectiveness.
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More time * |
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Public schools that get every general education child to grade level proficiency and send over 85% of their low-income students to college stop spending money
on activities that fail to raise student achievement. This
allows their schools to receive much more classroom time and
their teachers 20% more pay than other schools. |
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Open arms |
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This Declaration is a huge departure from school districts that repeatedly say "no" to the few public schools organized around priorities #1 and #2. |
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*A longer classroom day and year provides
a wide array of benefits in addition to bringing every general
education child to grade level proficiency regardless of their
family background. The following is a small sample from several
of these rare schools from across the USA: |
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