2010 Policy Priorities
#1. Effective Teachers and Administrators:
Evaluations Linked to Student Progress
#2. Excellent School Leaders:
Alternative Route to Certification for Principals
#3. Higher Standards for All Students:
Incentives for Advanced Placement Courses
#4. State Prioritization of the Achievement Gap:
Resolution and Appointed Task Force
#5. Parents Empowered to Create School Change:
“Parent Trigger”
#6. Enhanced Parent-Teacher Communication:
Two Parent-Teacher Conferences Yearly
#7. High School Drop-out Prevention:
Expanding Online Courses and Credit Recovery
#8. Tax-Break Incentives for Effective Teachers
#9. Adult Education Reform
#10. Census Count Reform