EdWeek Update: Teacher Turnover Affects All Students' Achievement, Study Indicates

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MORE NEWS Teacher Turnover Affects All Students' Achievement, Study Indicates (March 21, 2012, Teacher Beat Blog) Fake Facebook Identities Are Real Problem for Schools (March 21, 2012, McClatchy-Tribune) KIPP Shares Leadership Model With School Districts (March 21, 2012, District Dossier Blog) Making Room for History, Science, Art in the Common-Core Era (March 21, 2012, Curriculum Matters Blog) S.C. Superintendent Questions Number of School Awards (March 21, 2012, State EdWatch Blog) Full-Day Kindergarten Gets Boost from Indiana Governor (March 21, 2012, State EdWatch Blog) Former Gov. Jeb Bush Endorses Mitt Romney for President (March 21, 2012, Politics K-12 Blog) Survey Shows Student Misunderstanding On College Loans (March 21, 2012, College Bound Blog) MORE VIEWS Parent-Teacher Conferences: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (March 21, 2012, Charting My Own Course Blog) Response: Ways to Build Trust Between Parents and Teachers (March 20, 2012, Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo Blog) On Foreign Relations & Precious Gems (March 22, 2012, Bridging Differences Blog) Globally Minded Teaching (March 22, 2012, Global Learning Blog) Collective Capacity—A Consistent Theme of High Performers (March 22, 2012, Transforming Learning Blog) OUR COMMUNITY Comment of the Day I understand the concept of 'separation of church and state.' ... But the notion that the driving evangelical movement is 'insiduous' and a potential cause of everything bad for public education is just flat out ludicrous. —Loribcs • View this comment and respond. Weekly Forum Discussion More Nonfiction in Schools? Because of its emphasis in the common-core standards, millions of teachers are faced with increasing their use of nonfiction. Are you in favor of more nonfiction reading in schools? What challenges arise when teaching students to understand informational texts? • Share your thoughts. Follow EdWeek on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news and insight.		CHAT TOMORROW Learning to Identify and Understand K-12 Innovation Tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET Everywhere you turn in K-12 education, it seems that someone somewhere is trying to do something "innovative." But how much of that work lives up to the word's meaning? Our chat guests will discuss how to understand which new approaches are truly revolutionary, and which aren't. Sign up now for an email reminder. MOST POPULAR STORIES 1. Districts Gear Up for Shift to Informational Texts 2. Survey: Teachers Place Little Value on Standardized Tests 3. 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