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Thursday, January 6, 2005
After the Test: How Schools Are Using Data To Close the Achievement Gap
January 19 - Free Online Event
The Bay Area School Reform Collaborative Achievement Gap Study is the first to use California's Academic Performance Index to compare schools that have narrowed the gap between African American and Latino students and their white and Asian American peers with schools that have not. In this interactive presentation, the study's author, Kiley Walsh, will highlight the significant differences in the ways in which the schools approached data, leadership, and communication. Registration required.
First Things First: "Big Levers" for Creating the Best Schools We've Ever Had
February 9 - Free Online Event
Internationally known author, trainer, and speaker Mike Schmoker will present big levers for school change. With all the options available to promote improvement, where do we begin? If we're smart, we'll start with the simple, proven structures, elements, and concrete actions that are most apt to impact teaching and achievement powerfully and immediately for students. Registration required.
Banking Time
Adding instructional minutes to schools days enables teachers to have collaboration time.
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