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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Gates High Schools Get Mixed Review in Study
- Evaluation reports on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‘s high school initiatives are posted by the organization.
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Teacher Logs Reveal How Class Time Is Really Spent
- Learn more about the Study of Instructional Improvement from the University of Michigan School of Education.
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Teaching & Learning Update
SEC Wants Teachers to Understand What They’ll Need for Retirement
- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has posted for teachers resources on retirement.
McCartney Forms Foundation to Breathe Music Into Schools
- Get more information about the Music Lives Foundation.
Rosa Parks Inspires Curriculum
- Tolerance.org, a Web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, offers a teaching kit on Rosa Parks’ life.
- A new civil rights curriculum for middle school students is posted by Discovery Education.
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Minority Students’ Popularity Found to Fall as Grades Rise
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Report Roundup
- Hispanics’ Ed. Gains Seen as Not Enough:
Read the 2005 Fact Book on Higher Education, published by the Southern Regional Education Board.
More information on “Third Space: When Learning Matters” is available from the Arts Education Partnership.
Read “Income of U.S. Workforce Projected to Decline If Education Doesn’t Improve,” published by The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
“Equity Within Reach: Insights From the Front Lines of America’s Achievement Gap” is available from Teach for America.
