Staff:

Gretchen Crosby Sims

John Luczak

Jana Fleming

Jennifer O'Neill

Tested strategies for Improving Student Achievement
Presented at a May 1, 2007 Policy Forum
Springfield, Illinois

Working to close the achievement gap by improving the quality of teachers in schools that serve low-income and minority children, expanding early childhood education, and promoting innovations such as charter schools and small schools.

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