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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Path to Classroom Not Linked to Teachers’ Success
Project to Vet Think Tanks’ Work With Eye Out for Ideological Bias
- View Think Tank Project Reviews from Arizona State University’s Education Policy Studies Laboratory.
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Initiative Pushes ‘Open Technologies’
- Learn more about the new initiative of the Consortium for School Networking.
National PTA Aims to Restore Time for Recess
- Get more information about the “Rescuing Recess” campaign.
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Report Roundup
- SAT Seen as Tool to Spot Future Scientists:
An abstract of “Tracking Exceptional Human Capital Over Two Decades” is available from Blackwell Synergy.
“San Francisco Bay Area KIPP Schools” is posted by SRI International. Also, read a summary of the Knowledge is Power Program project.
“Reading Recovery in New Zealand: Uptake, Implementation, and Outcomes, Especially in Relation to Maori and Pasifika Students” is available from The Online Learning Centre, an initiative of New Zealand’s Ministry of Education.
“Breaking the Fall: Cushioning the Impact of Rural Declining Enrollment” is posted by the Rural School and Community Trust.
Read a summary of the study from L.A.'s Better Educated Students for Tomorrow.