Translated into the classroom, productivity increases would mean more students per teacher, as well as more students per classroom, per school or university administrator, per football team, etc.

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The move by the state's Board of Education would put Connecticut among an increasing number of states, including New York, linking at least some part of teacher evaluations to how well their students score on standardized tests.

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But if it means he has more money to pay students to drop out of Stanford, it remains to be seen how well Stanford will like employing a teacher who siphons off its top students before they earn their degree.

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Ultimately, the measure of any teacher has to come by assessing how well they teach their students, year after year.

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As a future middle school teacher, I aim to empower my students to become champions of change as well.

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Her students are well aware of why the picture means so much to their teacher.

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