March 11, 2011 04:09 pm
Roadmap for Ensuring America’s Future from Edexcelencia. This report is a tool for stimulating and facilitating dialogue in communities across the nation about action needed to increase college degree attainment generally, and Latino degree attainment specifically.
Principals’ Approaches to Developing Teacher Quality from the Center for American Progress. This report is focused on principal leadership and based on in-depth interviews with 30 principals in two states.
Acceptable Use Policies in a Web 2.0 & Mobile Era: A Guide for School Districtsfrom the Consortium for School Networking. This guide was designed to help school district leaders develop Internet usage policies that prevent students from accessing harmful content.
The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Preparing Students for College and Careers from MetLife. This survey examines the priority that all students graduate from high school prepared for college and careers, what being college- and career-ready entails, and the implications of this goal for teaching.
Student Learning, Student Achievement: How Do Teachers Measure Up? from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. This report outlines effective methods of using student learning as a measure of teacher effectiveness.
The Effects of Student Coaching in College: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in Student Mentoring from theNational Bureau of Economic Research. This report presents evidence from a randomized experiment which tests the effectiveness of individualized student coaching.
Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering from the National Science Foundation. This report provides statistical information about the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering education and employment.
Taking Advantage: The Rural Competitive Preference in the Investing in Innovation Program by the Rural School and Community Trust. This report analyzes the impact of the rural competitive preference in the first round of i3 grants issued by the U.S. Department of Education. The analysis considers whether the rural claim was well-made by the applicants and well-evaluated by the readers.