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Smoothing Transitions

First Place for Youth

First Place supports youth in their transition from foster care to successful adulthood by promoting choices and strengthening individual and community resources.

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Reports and Research

The Status of the Teaching Profession 2011

Dec 13, 2011

This Center for the Future of Teaching & Learning survey of more than 600 school principals finds California’s school site leaders between a rock and a hard place. Historic budget cutbacks present significant challenges to classroom teachers, increasing the importance of the principals’ role as an instructional leader. Facing growing demands and declining resources, school principals struggle to find the time, resources and capacity to meet the dual challenges of effective school management and ensuring quality instruction.

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