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teacher effectiveness
Coverage of teacher effectiveness in the Nexus archive.
- Opinion: A Fast-Food Menu of Schools Doesn’t Mean Kids Will Get a Nourishing Education
The article argues that while school choice is often promoted as a solution to educational inequality, the quality of education is more influenced by teacher effectiveness than by school selection. It highlights that lower-income parents have limited options compared to higher-income families, and research shows significant variation in teacher effectiveness within schools, which impacts student learning more than school-level choices.