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Teacher quality impacts student success more than any other in-school factor.  The Chalkboard Project is an independent, non-partisan organization formed in 2004 by Oregon's leading philanthropic foundations to explore the challenges facing our K-12 public schools and seek solutions.  Five years later, Chalkboard has invested in an innovative project--CLASS.  CLASS stands for Creative Leadership Achieves Student Success.  Three school districts in Oregon are piloting the project--Tillamook, Sherwood and Forest Grove.  The project allows teachers to take the lead in creating an approach to compensation and performance that is not merit pay yet prioritizes student achievement.  CLASS is rethinking the approach to developing teachers career paths. Highly effective teachers are created and supported through the new career paths these pilot projects are building.  To learn more about the CLASS project, check out:  www.chalkboardproject.org. 

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