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Achievement Gaps

• Closing the Gap through Extended Learning Opportunities (2008) (PDF, 210 KB, 4pp)

Alternative Compensation

• Alternative Compensation: Create a solid pay system and then add enhancements (2008) (PDF, 232 KB, 4pp)

Charter Schools

• Charter Schools: Proceed Deliberately, Monitor Diligently, and Learn What Can Be Scaled Up (2008) (PDF, 210 KB, 4pp)
• Strengthening Charter School Policies (2011) (PDF, 272 KB, 4pp)

Cultural Competence

• Promoting Educators' Cultural Competence To Better Serve Culturally Diverse Students (2008) (PDF, 201 KB, 4pp)

Curriculum Standards

• Common Core Standards: A Tool for Improving Education (2010) (PDF, 544 KB, 8pp)

Early Childhood Education

• Early Childhood Education and School Readiness (2008) (PDF, 202 KB, 4pp)
• Full-Day Kindergarten Helps Close Achievement Gaps (2008) (PDF, 198 KB, 4pp)
• Place Early Learning at the Forefront of Improving Priority Schools (2012) (PDF, 260 KB, 4pp)
• Raising the Standards for Early Childhood Professionals Will Lead to Better Outcomes (2010) (PDF, 212 KB, 4pp)

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

• Federal Education Funding under NCLB: Fairness Contributor or Inhibitor? (2011) (353 KB, 4pp)
• Volatility in Census Poverty Estimates for ESEA Title I Grants Undermines Planning, Resource Allocation (2008) (PDF, 288 KB, 4pp)

English Language Learners

• Professional Development for General Education Teachers of English Language Learners (2011) (PDF, 434 KB, 5pp)

International Education

• Global Competence Is a 21st Century Imperative (2010) (PDF, 249 KB, 4pp)

Parent, Family, Community Involvement

• Keeping Family-School-Community Connections Helps Support Secondary Students' Success (2009) (PDF, 320 KB, 4pp)
• Parent, Family, Community Involvement in Education (2008) (PDF, 198 KB, 4pp)
• School-Family Engagement: Staff Preparation and Support Are Vital (2011) (PDF, 230 KB, 6pp)

Priority Schools

• Staffing Priority Schools: Strategies and Commitments for Changing the Status Quo (2009) (PDF, 204 KB, 4pp)

Safe Schools

• Bullying Prevention in Public Schools (2012) (PDF, 168 KB, 4pp)

School Leadership

• Changing Role of School Leadership (2008) (PDF, 283 KB, 4pp)

School Reform

• And They’re Off! How States Are Reexamining Students’ Early Graduation from High School (2010) (PDF, 188 KB, 4pp)
• Class Size Reduction: A Proven Reform Strategy (2008) (PDF, 193 KB, 4pp)
• Raising Compulsory School Age Requirements: A Dropout Fix? (2012) (PDF, 257 KB, 4pp)
• Reforming High Schools for the 21st Century - An Imperative (2008) (PDF, 212 KB, 4pp)
• Response to Intervention: A Transformational Approach (2010) (PDF, 212 KB, 4pp)
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Making learning accessible and engaging for all students (2008) (PDF, 228 KB, 4pp)
• The Federal Role in Transforming Struggling Schools (2011) (PDF, 402 KB, 6pp).

School Vouchers

• Subsidizing Private Education At Taxpayer Expense (2011) (PDF, 226 KB, 3pp)
• Voucher Schemes: A Bad IDEA for Students with Disabilities (2008) (PDF, 235 KB, 4pp)
• Vouchers? No, there are better alternatives (2009) (PDF, 192 KB, 4pp)

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)

• Blended Learning (2011) (PDF, 214 KB, 3pp)
• Mathematics and Science for Every Girl and Boy (2008) (PDF, 990 KB, 4pp)
• Technology in Schools: The Ongoing Challenge of Access, Adequacy and Equity (2008) (PDF, 199 KB, 4pp)
• Thinking Algebraically: Promoting rigorous mathematics for all students (2008) (PDF, 283 KB, 4pp)

Special Education

• Changing the Landscape: Including students with disabilities in high school graduation rates (2008) (PDF, 210 KB, 4pp)
• Disproportionality: Inappropriate Identification of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children (2008) (PDF, 232 KB, 4pp)
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: A Multi-tiered Framework that Works for Every Student (2012) (PDF, 232 KB, 3pp)

Teacher Licensure

• One License - Many Routes: NEA and Alternative Routes to Licensure (2009) (PDF, 128 KB, 4pp)

Testing and Accountability

• Beyond Two Test Scores: Multiple Measures of Student Learning and School Accountability (2011) (PDF, 260 KB, 5pp)
• Growth Models – An Update on the Effectiveness of Determining Student Progress and School Accountability (2009) (PDF, 204 KB, 4pp)

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