“Working collaboratively does not always come naturally to teachers, who have long been trained to teach behind closed doors. That tradition of isolated teaching has meant that kids are very dependent on which teacher they get: A good teacher means a good year of learning; a weak teacher means a bad year. For the most part, middle-class students with strong academic support systems in their families can survive a weak teacher or two in their lives. But for low-income students, even one weak teacher can set them back for years. A recent long-term study commissioned by the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development found that low-income students have only a 10% chance of consistently being assigned a good teacher.”
from 2010 issue of US News & World Report on School Reform
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