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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Call for ‘Weighted’ Student Funding Gets Bipartisan Stamp of Approval
- Read the proposal, “Fund the Child: Tackling Inequity and Antiquity in School Finance,” posted by A 100% Solution.
- Also, view the list of more than 70 signatories of the proposal.
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Teachers Recruited to Find Solutions to Vexing Policy Issues
- Read longer profiles of the consultants for the project, TeacherSolutions, from the Teacher Leaders Network. The TLN and the Center for Teaching Quality are sponsoring the program.
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Plenty of Advice Awaits Boston Schools’ Next Leader
- Read the reports cited in this story, available from the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy. (Scroll down page to see reports.)
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Business Group Seeks Ambitious Pre-K Agenda
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California Study Questions Validity of Gains Under NCLB
Report Roundup
- Black IQ Scores Seen to Narrow Racial Gap:
“Black Americans Reduce the Racial IQ Gap: Evidence From Standardization Samples” is available from the Brookings Institution.
“Teacher Effectiveness, Student Achievement, and National Board Certified Teachers” is posted by The College of William & Mary School of Education.
“Who’s Counted? Who’s Counting? Understanding High School Graduation Rates” is available from the Alliance for Excellent Education.
“The Truth About Boys and Girls” is posted by Education Sector.