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In the September 2009 Issue

Highly Effective Teachers: Defining, Rewarding, Supporting, and Expanding Their Roles

Definitions shape what we value and support. It's critical to define highly effective teaching to build systems that reward, support, and extend the influence of effective teachers, but the task requires careful consideration to avoid definitions that limit teacher creativity or leadership or reduce teacher and student achievement to a single test score.

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Infobrief, ASCD's quarterly policy publication, provides concise information on current education issues to administrators, teachers, families, policymakers, journalists, and others. Issues of Infobrief have covered such topics as

assessment policy
the whole child
the achievement gap
No Child Left Behind
high school reform
community schools
healthy schools

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