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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Education Department Tracks Growth in Distance Learning
- “Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2002-03" is available online from the NCES. ()
Smoking-Prevention Programs in Schools Found Ineffective for Teens
- “A Systematic Review of School-Based Smoking Prevention Trials With Long-Term Follow-Up” is available online from the Journal of Adolescent Health, as well as an abstract. ()
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Economic, Financial Education Gains Ground in States, Report Shows
- The “2004 Survey of the States” is available online from the National Council on Economic Education. ()
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Latino Research Group Sets Ambitious Agenda
- Visit the National Latino Education Research Agenda Project online.
Report Roundup
- Parent Survey Tracks Attitudes on Drugs:
“The 2004 Parent Attitude Tracking Survey” is available online from The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. ()
“Making Out-of-School-Time Matter: Evidence for an Action Agenda” is available online from RAND Corp.
“Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences-in-Differences Evidence Across Countries” is available online from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
More information on the sleep study is available from Ball State University.
More information on the high school jobs study is available from the University of Washington in Seattle.
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News in Brief: A Washington Roundup
- Lawmakers Form Caucuses on After-School Issues:
“Working Families and Afterschool: A Special Report From America after 3 PM” is available online from the Afterschool Alliance. ()
