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Alignment Among Secondary and Post-Secondary Assessment in Five Case Study States
Vi-Nhuan Le, RAND Corporation2002
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Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Achievement
Devotees of professional development for teachers will be interested in this thoughtful paper by Harvard education professor Richard F. Elmore, published by the Albert Shanker Institute.
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Quality Teachers: Can Incentive Policies Make a Difference?
Lynn Cornett and Gale Gaines, Southern Regional Education Board2002
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Rankings & Estimates. Rankings of the States 2001 and Estimates of School Statistics 2002
National Education Association2002
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Charter Schools in New York: A New Choice in Public Education
Charter Schools Institute, State University of New YorkMarch 2002
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Parents protest income-based integration
San Francisco made headlines last year when it announced that it would begin integrating some schools on the basis of income. This year, the school board in Cambridge, Massachusetts voted to do the same thing. Many experts are excited about this new strategy for diversifying schools, particularly since courts have begun to limit the use of race in student assignments.
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The war on charter schools
I'm not prone to paranoia but lately I see an awful lot of folks bent on stopping the charter movement dead in its tracks and I also see them making much headway. I don't think it exaggerates to say that a war is being waged against charter schools. As with many wars, however, both sides have something to answer for.
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Will teenagers connect with higher standards?
Researchers believe that teenagers who feel "connected" at school are less likely to be violent or suicidal, to abuse drugs or to get pregnant. A major study released last week tried to identify features of schools where teenagers are likely to feel connected.