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Toms River Schools
Distance: 2.6 Mi1144 Hooper Ave
8753 Toms River -
MONSIGNOR DONOVAN HIGH SCHOOL
Distance: 3.6 Mi711 Hooper Ave
8753 Toms River -
Radio Vision
Distance: 4.3 MiPO Box 4732
08754-4732 Toms River -
Brick Township School District
Distance: 5.7 Mi101 Hendrickson Ave
08724 Brick -
Ast Development Corporation
Distance: 4.8 Mi111 Magee Ave
08735 Lavallette
Description
The Institute for Research and Reform in Education (IRRE) partners with districts and schools to help all students develop the academic strengths they need for good jobs and post-secondary education. IRRE is best known as the developer of First Things First, a reform framework currently at work in nine districts with 70 schools. IRRE's research and technical assistance support First Things First and strengthen the entire field of educational reform. IRRE also provides consultation to state education officials, foundations and other education professionals. Among organizations supporting reform, IRRE is distinctive in its track record and approach: - Systemic reform. IRRE requires and supports involvement in the reform at the district level even when working with only a subset of a district's schools. - Getting Results in Secondary Schools. IRRE has helped struggling middle and high schools achieve important gains in student engagement and achievement, while most successful reform nationally has taken place only in elementary schools. - Research-based standards. Because change has proven so difficult, reform too often proceeds along the path of least resistance rather than that of best evidence. IRRE bases its reform framework on solid research and constantly incorporates new findings into its work. - Data-driven change. IRRE helps schools and districts collect meaningful data on student outcomes and effective practices...