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Ms Barton puts the improvement in grades down to "hard work" and an improvement in teaching.
BBC: Schools celebrate league table success
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Jessica Gogerty is a National Board Certified teacher, a Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and a school improvement leader now serving at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa.
WHITEHOUSE: Engage and Connect
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The 2012 report said Pingle School, which has more than 1, 200 pupils, required "significant improvement", adding while teaching was improving, it still had "weaknesses in too many lessons".
BBC: Pingle School Swadlincote head suspended
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General Teaching Council for England figures show a slight improvement on last year, with 27.2% schools with no male teachers, down from 27.8%.
BBC: One in four primary schools still has no male teachers
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Teaching unions say academy status does not automatically mean improvement.
BBC: writing
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As places that aim to encourage self-improvement and development, schools should work toward teaching students why social norms -- like not wearing leggings as pants -- develop before they force students into following questionable dress code solutions.
CNN: The right way to wear leggings in school
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And the greatest danger of all, given that most education and health spending goes on pay, may be that much of the extra money provided as a result of the comprehensive spending review ends up in the wallets of the teaching and medical professions, without much in the way of service improvement to show for it.
ECONOMIST: Health and education
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Whelan got the idea to start teaching self-help classes, which she framed as the sociology of self-improvement.
FORBES: Why the New Generation Needs the Old Self-Help Classics
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We call on all four- and two-year institutions to join in this effort and implement the policies and strategies called for in the AAU Initiative: widespread adoption of the best teaching practices, attention to educational outcomes, and establishment of incentive systems that recognize and reward contributions to educational improvement.
WHITEHOUSE: Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog