Education Week: Amy Hightower

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Amy M. Hightower

is the deputy director of the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center.
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March 24, 2009 Recent data show that most states have made progress enacting policies related to the use of educational technology.

Mismatch Between Policy Efforts and Projected Need for ESL Teachers

January 14, 2009 For the first time in its 13-year history, Quality Counts provides a comprehensive examination of state efforts to address the challenge of educating English-language learners (ELLs). Produced by Education Week and the EPE Research Center, Quality Counts 2009 maps the demographic trends of this diverse, rapidly growing group of students and highlights state policies that support English-learners.

Grading the States: Securing Progress, Striving to Improve

December 31, 2008 The 13th annual edition of Education Week’s Quality Counts continues to track state policies across key areas of education and maintains the cradle-to-career framework launched two years ago.

States with P-16 or P-20 Councils

June 11, 2008 As reported in Diplomas Count 2008, 38 states have a P-16 or P-20 council and two of these states—Louisiana and Pennsylvania—have two state-level councils.

State Councils Vary in Form and Focus

May 30, 2008 To gain a better understanding of the growing number of groups working to align schooling from early childhood through higher education, the Education Commission of the States has compiled the most comprehensive database on state P-16 and P-20 councils now available.

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