Toward a Research Agenda for Understanding and Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Steven R. Nelson, James C. Leffler, and Barbara A. HansenNorthwest Regional Educational Laboratory2009
Steven R. Nelson, James C. Leffler, and Barbara A. HansenNorthwest Regional Educational Laboratory2009
William J. Hussar and Tabitha M. BaileyNational Center for Education StatisticsSeptember 2009
The tragic and violent death of Chicago honors student Derrion Albert raced across YouTube and internet news.
At Sam Placentino Elementary School in Holliston, Mass., a significant number of parents enroll their kids in programs that are basically guaranteed to reduce their child’s state test scores. In an interesting twist on the idea of parental choice, the school offers three separate pedagogical tracks: traditional, Montessori, and French immersion.
It might actually happen. Planets and stars are beginning to align. Some sort of national education standards may actually become a reality.It’s a heavy lift, to be sure, but the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, in partnership with Achieve, ACT, and the College Board, have embarked on just such an undertaking.
Step away from the snickerdoodles. Banish the brownies--and the blondies. This is the Big Apple, not the Big Glazed Apple Cinnamon Fritter. In a nod to healthier living, the New York City Department of Education has effectively banned bake sales--that ubiquitous fundraising staple of soccer teams, debate clubs, and school bands.
Yesterday, ED released its "proposed priorities" for the Investing in Innovation (or i3) fund, a $650 million program embedded in the federal stimulus legislation.??I give the document a full treatment here, but??here's a quick and dirty explanation and analysis with a bit of
I had the pleasure of attending Fordham-Ohio's conference on standards on Monday.
Quotable: "There's a history of violence associated with moving kids from one area to another.?? You have a trail of blood and tears ever since they launched (Renaissance 2010)." - Tio Hardiman, director of CeaseFire Illinois