Links in Education Week: January 25, 2006

This page provides links to reports and resources highlighted in this issue of Education Week. The headlines show the Education Week stories in which the references appear. The links below them will take you to resource materials on other Web sites.

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Housing Experiment for Poor Found to Lack School Payoff

• “Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment” is posted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Handbook Offers Advice to Mayors

• “Mayoral Leadership and Involvement in Education: An Action Guide for Success” is posted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

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Boston’s Small ‘Pilot’ Schools Found to Outperform Others

• “Progress and Promise: Results from the Boston Pilot Schools, January 2006" is available from the Center for Collaborative Education.

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Report Roundup

• Harvard Study Tracks ‘Resegregation’ Trend:
  “Racial Transformation and the Changing Nature of Segregation” is available from Harvard University’s Civil Rights Project.

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D.C. Schools That Take Vouchers Found to Be Less Racially Isolated

• “An Evaluation of the Effect of D.C.'s Voucher Program on Public School Achievement and Racial Integration After One Year” is available from the Manhattan Institute.