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Dual Orleans Systems Grow in Storm’s Wake
- Read a draft of the Recovery School District plan, available from the New Orleans public schools system. (Microsoft Word required.)
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NAEP Scores Show Few Budding Scientists
- View the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress national and state science results, available from the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Black, Hispanic Students Cite Problems in Their Schools
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Study Questions Push for Smaller High Schools
- Papers and additional materials from the conference will be available from the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution in the coming weeks.
Principal-Interns’ Training Faulted
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Teacher Ed. Faulted on Reading Preparation
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Guidelines Offered for Meaningful Studies of Achievement in Charters
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Indian Students Outperform Blacks on NAEP
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‘Condition of Education’: U.S. Has Stiff Competition Abroad
- “The Condition of Education 2006" is posted by the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Report Roundup
- Graduation Rates Lag for U.S. Black Males:
“Public Education and Black Male Students” is available from the Schott Foundation for Public Education.
Ordering information for “Minding the Gap: New Roles for School Districts in the Age of Accountability” is available from Springboard Schools.
“Bible Literacy Report II: What University Professors Say Incoming Students Need to Know” is published by the Bible Literacy Project.
“The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Their Parents” is posted by the Kaiser Family Foundation.