"A first -of-its-kind study released Thursday found that significant gains in key measurs of a school's climate, like safety and academic expectations, can be linked to the equivalent of an extra month and a half of math instruction and, in some cases, a 25 percent reduction in teacher turnover." I wonder how these findings will be used in the budget process. Will districts decide that they can improve the conditions in the school rather than make the school day and/or year longer?
School conditions matter for student achievement, new research confirms: http://ny.chalkbeat.org/2016/03/24/school-conditions-matter-for-student-achievement-new-research-confirms/#.VvWLz0fw9gs
"A first -of-its-kind study released Thursday found that significant gains in key measurs of a school's climate, like safety and academic expectations, can be linked to the equivalent of an extra month and a half of math instruction and, in some cases, a 25 percent reduction in teacher turnover." I wonder how these findings will be used in the budget process. Will districts decide that they can improve the conditions in the school rather than make the school day and/or year longer?
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