Joanna BurtKinderman

ESSER funding was $190 billion dollar experiment that proves money alone will not produce better academic outcomes. "...the program’s legacy will have been helping to spur an incomplete learning recovery: According to a January analysis released by the leaders of the Education Recovery Scorecard, students across the country had only made up one-quarter of their lost progress in reading, and one-third of their deficits in math, by the beginning of this year."

“Supportive administrators who believe in the power of teachers are essential for systems-level improvement .” We appreciate Mineral County Schools WV leadership in general and Kelly Haines in particular as one district leader who supports teacher leaders.

The 2023 AP Statistics scores: 5: 15%; 4: 22%; 3: 23%; 2: 16%; 1: 24%. Great work: these are higher than the pre-pandemic scores of 2019, let alone last year, and educators invited 10% more students into the AP Stats classroom this year than last.