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“Teachers are the single most important determinant of a student’s schooling experience and academic outcomes. Social science studies have demonstrated not only that highly effective teachers are capable of producing nearly three times the student achievement gains of low-performing teachers, but also that a series of five above-average teachers can overcome the deficit typically reported between economically disadvantaged and higher income students. (p. 3)”
― Ruth Culham, The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing