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"Integrating sustainability and design into schools and communities. The Cloud Institute equips school systems K-12 and their communities with the core content, competencies and habits of mind that characterize education for a sustainable future. We do this by inspiring teachers and engaging students through meaningful content and student-centered instruction. Read our Cloud EfS Content and Performance Standards Checklist. Interested in working with us? Read our brochure and/or fill out our inquiry form below."

"Overview: The 3 R's TEP is designed and structured around the belief that teachers are the key personnel in achieving educational success for its students. In singling out teacher quality as the essential lever in educational reform-as opposed to other reforms such as class size reduction or pre-packaged curricular models-TEP builds on an extensive body of research that shows that "teacher quality is the most important educational input predicting student achievement." [i] The effects of highly-effective teachers are profound for students at all ability levels, but they are particularly striking for low-achieving students. Studies demonstrate that, when learning from the most effective teachers, high achieving students improve by 25 percentile points (as compared to a 2 point gain with the least effective teachers), while low achieving students improve by more than 50 percentile points (as compared to a 14 point gain with the least effective teachers). [ii]"