Meet Dakeira, a high school junior, and Amanda, an EdReports math reviewer, and hear them talk about the importance of teacher voice in selecting high quality instructional materials.
Dakeira 0:00
If a school wants like the culture to be a certain way, I feel like the teachers should be included in decisions about the material. All teachers should have a say because they're in the classrooms and they know what the students need.
Amanda 0:14
Teachers are advocates for students. And so we need a teacher voice to stand up for those students so that they have access to great materials. Great materials, help the students learn what they should be learning. They have the focus they have the coherence and the rigor that and allow all learners to connect to the standard
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