Cooking Up Curricula: Not Always Best From Scratch


In New York City, there seems to be a prevailing notion that all teachers must develop curricula from scratch. That's neither practical nor wise.

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Effective Teachers Change Lives

Research confirms that teachers are the single most important school-related factor in determining student performance.

Teaching Matters prepares the most effective teachers to lead teacher teams and ensure evidenced-based instructional practice and the effective use of data - all to accelerate student gains.

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Building Better Writers

An independent evaluation of our Common Core-aligned Writing Matters curriculum, implemented in combination with our coaching model, revealed substantial improvement in student writing scores.

Students in Writing Matters study schools made triple the gains of their counterparts in comparison schools.

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Because Students Matter

A better learning experience delivered through the most effective teaching possible can spell success. Every dollar you give helps us develop and implement our school-based teacher effectiveness programs.

Your support is vital to continuing our important work.

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