Map Topic:  Accountability In Schools

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The Cost of Accountability: Pt.7-School Funding and Inequity This is part 7 (of 8) of a documentary that highlights the experiences of educators in three small, rural elementary schools in Massachusetts. It tells a powerful story of how NCLB has shaped teaching and the relationships between educators and their students, colleagues and communities. The documentary emerged from a project undertaken by five Hampshire College students and their professor.

Washoe County School District Accountability Report 2007 Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation education policy analyst, responds to a recent presentation on overhauling North Carolina's public school testing and accountability program. Rebecca Garland, chief academic officer for the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, described proposals for improving the program. Stoops is skeptical that the changes will work. (Video courtesy of Carolina Journal TV, cjtv.carolinajournal.com)

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