Links in Education Week: March 28, 2012

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Panel: U.S. Education Woes Threaten Nation’s Security

• “U.S. Education Reform and National Security” is by the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Survey Finds Drop in P.E. Classes, But Increase in Sports

• “School-Based Physical Education and Sports Programs” is by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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Group Seeks to Speed Solutions for Schools

• The new League of Innovative Schools is part of Digital Promise, an independent nonprofit organization created by Congress during President George W. Bush’s administration.

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Teachers Place Little Value on Standardized Testing

• “Primary Sources: 2012: American’s Teachers on the Teaching Profession” is by Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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SIG Effort Posts Promising, If Early, Results

• “Competing for School Improvement Dollars” is by the Center for American Progress.
• “State Implementation and Perceptions of Title I School Improvement Grants Under the Recovery Act: One Year Later” is by the Center on Education Policy.