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The 2013 TAP Founder's Award goes to North DeSoto Middle School, Stonewall, Louisiana
The 2013 TAP Founder's Award goes to...
North DeSoto Middle School
Stonewall, Louisiana

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What We Can Learn from
Teacher Incentive Fund Sites


NIET Expands Scope with New Teacher Incentive Fund Grants


Ed Trust Features TAP's Efforts to Build, Sustain Teacher Talent in High-Poverty Schools


TAP's Elements of Success

TAP Elements for Success

TAP in Focus

Education Trust-West Features Lucia Mar Unified in Statewide Teacher Evaluation Event
May 20, 2013

How Can Teacher Evaluation Systems Support Pathways to Improvement?
May 01, 2013

Effective Education Reform in a Global Economy: "People Make the Difference"
April 29, 2013

TAP in the News

Teachers in two Iowa school districts vote for teacher leadership roles to raise achievement
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad
(Des Moines, IA)
March 15, 2013

Putting the Value in Teacher Evaluation
Kappan Magazine
(Bloomington, IN)
November 2012

A Message from Chairman and Founder
Lowell Milken


Lowell Milken with students

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