Co-Teaching: An Example of Educator Collaboration

In a recent blog post we discussed how social capital, essentially teacher collaboration, has been proven by research to increase student achievement. Education Week has a story this week on one dimension of teacher collaboration — co-teaching. Co-teaching — an instructional method which involves a general educator and special educator teaching together in one classroom —…

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Your School’s Local Tax Dollars Going Out of District: A Possibility?

Idea and others up for public comment October 18 and 25 A Brown University professor described as “a little radical” the school funding formula he helped Rhode Island develop. Professor Kenneth Wong said the Rhode Island formula, which includes “money follows the child,” treats charter schools and neighborhood public schools as “entities” that provide educational…

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