“[T]he Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — an influential voice in education policy today — … is turning its focus to teacher effectiveness…. [It] plans to spend another half a billion dollars in its quest to figure out what qualities make the best teachers and how to measure those qualities in the classroom.” (Associated Press, Wednesday)
They need to start paying attention to the role of institutions.
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