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Knowing that teachers possess the greatest capacity to positively affect student achievement, investing in professional development pays out large dividends in student success. Research indicates that for every $500 aimed at various school improvement initiatives, those funds directed toward professional development for teachers result in the greatest gains on standardized achievement tests.
With consistent access to high-quality teachers, high-risk students can overcome significant obstacles and achieve great success. Great teachers can and do have a huge impact on their students’ lives and future success as citizens of the 21st century.
Boundless Readers develops great individual teachers and works with teams of teachers at schools to improve the school environments in which they teach. Boundless Readers develops literacy leadership, vibrant professional collaboration and community, and excellent teachers to help schools succeed.
Great Teachers & Schools
Numerous studies make clear that teacher quality is the single most important determinant of student achievement, regardless of family or economic circumstances. We believe, and research supports, that investing in teacher quality and capacity is the best way to improve student learning and develop 21st century readers.
Human resource development is broadly recognized as a powerful improvement strategy. Businesses deliberately invest in developing the knowledge and skills of employees to stay competitive and successful. This level of commitment should be no different for teachers if we also expect them to deliver superior results.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Brooks Adams
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Great Teachers & Schools
