2.6 Professional Development 2.7 Professional Development C A S e S T u D Y Durham Public Schools Improve Student Achievement In December of 2008, the former Superintendent of Durham Public Schools in North Carolina identified three low performing middle schools that needed a significant amount of intensive intervention. The plan, called the Accelerated Double Dose Model, infused an intervention period within the school day for all students reading below grade level. With an additional 45 minutes of language arts instruction every day, students got a “double dose” to fill the gaps they had. In a short period of time, Anna Frost, Director of Secondary English Language Arts and Literacy, evaluated a multitude of programs and curricula. Her primary criteria were based on t

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