Poor teachers set students back years (The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Aug 2011, Page3)

Don’t say we didn’t warn you! In fact, these sort of data have been around in different forms for years.

Poor teachers set students back years
Andrew Stevenson EDUCATION EDITOR
The Sydney Morning Herald
27 Aug 2011

TEACHERS who always give their students time to ask questions, who ask challenging questions themselves and who tell students how their work will be judged can dramatically improve literacy performance, according to a NSW Education Department…read more…