 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
 
Sec. 6602. Purposes

    The purposes of this subchapter are to provide assistance to State 
and local educational agencies and to institutions of higher education 
with teacher education programs so that such agencies and institutions 
can determine how best to improve the teaching and learning of all 
students by--
        (1) helping to ensure that teachers, and, where appropriate, 
    other staff and administrators, have access to sustained and 
    intensive high-quality professional development that is aligned to 
    challenging State content standards and challenging State student 
    performance standards, and to support the development and 
    implementation of sustained and intensive high-quality professional 
    development activities in the core academic subjects; and
        (2) helping to ensure that teachers, and, where appropriate, 
    administrators, other staff, pupil services personnel, and parents, 
    have access to professional development that--
            (A) is tied to challenging State content standards and 
        challenging State student performance standards;
            (B) reflects recent research on teaching and learning;
            (C) includes strong academic content and pedagogical 
        components;
            (D) incorporates effective strategies, techniques, methods, 
        and practices for meeting the educational needs of diverse 
        student populations, including females, minorities, individuals 
        with disabilities, limited-English-proficient individuals, and 
        economically disadvantaged individuals, in order to ensure that 
        all students have the opportunity to achieve challenging State 
        student performance standards;
            (E) is of sufficient intensity and duration to have a 
        positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the 
        classroom; and
            (F) is part of the everyday life of the school and creates 
        an orientation toward continuous improvement throughout the 
        school.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title II, Sec. 2002, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3613.)
