Organizing Schools to Improve Student Achievement: Start Times, Grade Configurations, and Teacher Assignments.

2 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 5 CHAPTER 2: SCHOOL START TIMES 7 CHAPTER 3: SCHOOL GRADE CONFIGURATION 12 CHAPTER 4: MANAGING TEACHER ASSIGNMENTS 17

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