says that summer programs that are academically focused have a great effect on student learning.  The brief gives out seven things each program must do.

school enrollment has dropped.  353 less students this year and 22,771 less from a decade ago.

would be able to go to a merit pay plan.  The new plan that was announced on Thursday would last for five year.

who come from Spanish-speaking families in the Cleveland area took part in a six week program that boosted test scores.  84% saw gains in the language arts and 75% saw gains in math.

on teacher hiring in the state of Connecticut. They go into what you need to become a teacher in that state. The report also says:

The longer a school district waits to hire a teacher the lower the quality of the teacher.
The poorer a school distict is, the lower the amount of qualified teachers the school district has. Same goes for new teachers hired as well.
School districts with more poorer students have teachers that leave quicker.
Although the school districts in the state used various methods to say they have job openings high paperwork volume of paperwork slowed down the hiring process.
That nearly 1/3 of people in this study plan to leave the school district they have to do poor support or mentoring programs.

on an award winning high school broadcast journalism class.