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#HerePastJune, A Primer On Teachers' Summers [Collaborateurs] - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson

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#HerePastJune, A Primer On Teachers’ Summers [Collaborateurs]

by JOSE VILSON on JULY 8, 2013
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Here’s my latest at The Collaborateurs, where I discuss my reason for joining #HerePastJune, a United For Public Schools project:
… we actually need to reconsider how we look at time in school. According to many reports (including some that US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan quotes), the United States already has the highest teacher-to-student time in minutes in the entire world. Where high-performing countries beat us (I won’t use that one country, but yes …) is in the way they use time. Give professional educators the time and resources to
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