NEA Policy Briefs
Achievement Gaps
- Closing the Gap through Extended Learning Opportunities (2008) (
PDF, 210 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Alternative Compensation: Create a solid pay system and then add enhancements (2008) (
PDF, 232 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Charter Schools: Proceed Deliberately, Monitor Diligently, and Learn What Can Be Scaled Up (2008) (
PDF, 210 KB, 4 pgs.) - Strengthening Charter School Policies (2011) (
PDF, 272 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Promoting Educators' Cultural Competence To Better Serve Culturally Diverse Students (2008) (
PDF, 201 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Common Core Standards: A Tool for Improving Education (2010) (
PDF, 544 KB, 8 pgs.)
Early Childhood Education
- Early Childhood Education and School Readiness (2008) (
PDF, 202 KB, 4 pgs.) - Full-Day Kindergarten Helps Close Achievement Gaps (2008) (
PDF, 198 KB, 4 pgs.) - Place Early Learning at the Forefront of Improving Priority Schools (2012) (
PDF, 260 KB, 4 pgs.) - Raising the Standards for Early Childhood Professionals Will Lead to Better Outcomes (2010) (
PDF, 212 KB, 4 pgs.)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
- Federal Education Funding under NCLB: Fairness Contributor or Inhibitor? (2011) (353 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Volatility in Census Poverty Estimates for ESEA Title I Grants Undermines Planning, Resource Allocation (2008) (
PDF, 288 KB, 4 pgs.)
English Language Learners
- Professional Development for General Education Teachers of English Language Learners (2011) (
PDF, 434 KB, 5 pgs.)
- Global Competence Is a 21st Century Imperative (2010) (
PDF, 249 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Keeping Family-School-Community Connections Helps Support Secondary Students' Success (2009) (
PDF, 320 KB, 4 pgs.) - Parent, Family, Community Involvement in Education (2008) (
PDF, 198 KB, 4 pgs.) - School-Family Engagement: Staff Preparation and Support Are Vital (2011) (
PDF, 230 KB, 6 pgs.)
Priority Schools
- Staffing Priority Schools: Strategies and Commitments for Changing the Status Quo (2009) (
PDF, 204 KB, 4 pgs.)
Safe Schools
- Bullying Prevention in Public Schools (2012) (
PDF, 168 KB, 4 pgs.)
School Leadership
- Changing Role of School Leadership (2008) (
PDF, 283 KB, 4 pgs.)
- And They’re Off! How States Are Reexamining Students’ Early Graduation from High School (2010) (
PDF, 188 KB, 4 pgs.) - Class Size Reduction: A Proven Reform Strategy (2008) (
PDF, 193 KB, 4 pgs.) - Raising Compulsory School Age Requirements: A Dropout Fix? (2012) (
PDF, 257 KB, 4 pgs.) - Reforming High Schools for the 21st Century - An Imperative (2008) (
PDF, 212 KB, 4 pgs.) - Response to Intervention: A Transformational Approach (2010) (
PDF, 212 KB, 4 pgs.) - Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Making learning accessible and engaging for all students (2008) (
PDF, 228 KB, 4 pgs.) - The Federal Role in Transforming Struggling Schools (2011) (
PDF, 402 KB, 6 pgs.).
- Subsidizing Private Education At Taxpayer Expense (2011) (
PDF, 226 KB, 3 pgs.) - Voucher Schemes: A Bad IDEA for Students with Disabilities (2008) (
PDF, 235 KB, 4 pgs.) - Vouchers? No, there are better alternatives (2009) (
PDF, 192 KB, 4 pgs.)
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
- Blended Learning (2011) (
PDF, 214 KB, 3 pgs.) - Mathematics and Science for Every Girl and Boy (2008) (
PDF, 990 KB, 4 pgs.) - Technology in Schools: The Ongoing Challenge of Access, Adequacy and Equity (2008) (
PDF, 199 KB, 4 pgs.) - Thinking Algebraically: Promoting rigorous mathematics for all students (2008) (
PDF, 283 KB, 4 pgs.)
Special Education
- Changing the Landscape: Including students with disabilities in high school graduation rates (2008) (
PDF, 210 KB, 4 pgs.) - Disproportionality: Inappropriate Identification of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children (2008) (
PDF, 232 KB, 4 pgs.) - Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: A Multi-tiered Framework that Works for Every Student (2012) (
PDF, 232 KB, 3 pgs.)
- One License - Many Routes: NEA and Alternative Routes to Licensure (2009) (
PDF, 128 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Multiple Indicators of School Effectiveness (2013) (
PDF, 254 KB, 6 pgs.) - Beyond Two Test Scores: Multiple Measures of Student Learning and School Accountability (2011) (
PDF, 260 KB, 5 pgs.) - Growth Models – An Update on the Effectiveness of Determining Student Progress and School Accountability (2009) (
PDF, 204 KB, 4 pgs.)
RELATED TOPICS
- 2011 C.A.R.E. Guide: Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gaps
Research-based strategies for educating culturally diverse students and students from low-income families. - NEA Grants to Close Student Achievement Gaps, 2006-2007 (PDF, 688 KB, 30pp)
This report includes policy successes affiliates attained with grant funds. - NEA Research, Tools, & Talking Points
Resources for closing achievement gaps. - Resources from Other Organizations on Achievement Gaps
Reports and Web sites on closing achievement gaps.



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