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All along the water cooler
In this short video, follow Fordhamites around the office—and see what we think of Election 2010 as it bears on education.
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The Policy Innovators in Education Network (PIE-Net) is on the hunt for a Director of Communications and Public Affairs. This individual would ideally have media and public relations experience and work with the Executive Director to improve the Network’s internal communications and expand PIE-Net’s membership and visibility.
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Are ed schools beyond repair?
Or are they more amenable to change than conventional wisdom suggests? We’ll be discussing these very questions on December 2 from 3:30 to 5:00 PM, and we’d be pleased if you’d care to join us. Learn more or RSVP here.
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Are ed schools hopeless?
With this week’s NCATE report, and our own Cracks in the Ivory Tower?, the role that education schools can—and want to—play in reforming K-12 schooling is under s
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A second look at national standards
If you missed the event and webcast of “National Education Standards circa 2009” yesterday, don’t fret. You will be able to find the archived video on our homepage tomorrow.
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Asteroid killers
"TO: Roy.Romer@edin08.comFROM: mpetrilli@edexcellence.netSUBJECT: Asteroids!...." Read it here.
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Attention Creative Types!
Are you a “new media” guru? Internet, audio, and video savvy? Interested in translating the complex issues of education policy into a variety of new formats? Working with a dynamic, education-reform team? Then this position might be for you.
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Cleveland Vouchers Still Inconclusive in Year 83
Moses Brown and Aaron Green, Indiana University Graduate School of EducationDecember 2079
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How State Charter Laws Rank Against The New Model Public Charter School Law
National Alliance for Public Charter SchoolsJanuary 2010
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Breaking Ranks in the Middle: Strategies for Leading Middle School Reform
National Association of Secondary School Principals2006
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The Nation's Report Card Grade 12: Reading and Mathematics 2009
National Center for Education Statistics, The Nation's Report Card Grade 12: Reading and Mathematics 2009 (Washington, D.C.: Institute of Education Sciences, November 2010).
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The Effects of Competition on Educational Outcomes: A Review of U.S. Evidence
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, September 2001
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Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology: National Education Technology Plan 2010
Office of Educational Technology, Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology: National Education Technology Plan 2010 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, 2010).
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Teacher Turnover, Tenure Policies, and the Distribution of Teacher Quality: Can High-Poverty Schools Catch a Break?
Raegen Miller and Robin ChaitCenter for American ProgressDecember 2008
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Bitter Pill, Better Formula: To a Single, Fair and Equitable Formula for ESEA Title I, Part A; Spoonful of Sugar: An Equity Fund to Facilitate a Single, Fair and Equitable ESEA Title I-A
Raegen T. Miller and Cynthia G. BrownCenter for American ProgressFebruary 2010
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Writing Implements Matter: A Meta-analysis of Research into the Cognitive Effects of Graphite Density
Randy Dixon and Shirlee Ticonderoga April 1, 2004
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Hispanic Youth Dropping Out of U.S. Schools: Measuring the Challenge
Richard Fry, Pew Hispanic CenterJune 2003
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A People's Geography of the World: That is of the World That We Do Live In and In Which We Have Great Faith That Bold Steps Have Been Taken
Sarah PalinSarah PAC PublishingApril 2009
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A Call for Change: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools
Sharon Lewis, Candace Simon, Renata Uzzell, Amanda Horwitz, and Michael Casserly, A Call for Change: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools (Washington, D.C.: The Council of the Great City Schools, October 2010).
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Female teachers' math anxiety affects girls' math achievement
Sian L. Beilock, Elizabeth A Gunderson, Gerardo Ramirez, and Susan C. LevineProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesJanuary 2010
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No Time to Lose: Why America Needs an Education Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to Improve Public Education
Southern Education FoundationSeptember 2009
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Chartering is Succeeding, Even as Some Chartered Schools Fail
Ted Kolderie, Education EvolvingJanuary 2005
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A Narrower, Nambier-Pambier Approach to Education
The Narrow, Namby-Pamby Approach ProjectEconomic Misery InstituteApril 1, 2009
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A Whole Lot of Nothing: South Dakota's Charter School Landscape
Todd Zeeball Regressive Policy InstituteMarch 2006
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Policy & Guidance: Overview of American Economic Recovery Act: Spending your education stimulus dollars quickly and appropriately
United States Department of EducationApril 1, 2009
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Reading Last: Results of a two-year one-part-of-six study of reading underachievement
Weera Flotindough et al.Apt AssociatesNovember 2008