Would greater teacher independence help student performance?
Clip: 8/18/2014 | 7m 33s
John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports from Boston on a teacher-led school.
In the face of a top-down hierarchy ruling many public schools these days, some teachers are taking back their classrooms by moving to schools where they create the curriculum and vote democratically on decisions. John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports from Boston on one of about 70 teacher-led schools that have cropped up around the country in recent years.
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Would greater teacher independence help student performance?
Clip: 8/18/2014 | 7m 33s
In the face of a top-down hierarchy ruling many public schools these days, some teachers are taking back their classrooms by moving to schools where they create the curriculum and vote democratically on decisions. John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports from Boston on one of about 70 teacher-led schools that have cropped up around the country in recent years.
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