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Great Expectations: Raising Educational Achievement highlights models for creating a system of education that raises achievement for all students in Connecticut. The series discusses the need to close Connecticut's achievement gap while raising academic achievement for all students. It is broken into the following major areas of education:
Part 1: A Stronger Start for Our Kids
Explores the importance of high quality early childhood education, especially for low-income children, and the need for targeted academic interventions beyond Pre-K.
Part 2: Fostering Great Teachers and Leaders
Examines the vital role of teacher effectiveness in improving student achievement and the need for strong, creative, and collaborative leadership to create meaningful teacher evaluation and development systems.
Part 3: Turning Schools Around
Investigates what innovative approaches might be taken to revamp the leadership, policies, and culture of our lowest-performing schools in order to create successful student outcomes.