Links in Education Week: November 29, 2006

‘Green Schools’ Yielding Benefits

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Urban Students Fold Under Basic Science

• Read the report, posted by the National Center for Education Statistics.

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‘Google for Educators’ Unveils Interactive Tools for Schools

• Get more information about Google for Educators and

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Abstinence Programs Lack Factual Reviews, GAO Study Concludes

• Read “Abstinence Education: Efforts to Assess the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs,” available from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Flagship Colleges’ Aid Priorities Knocked

• “Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation’s Premier Public Universities” is posted by the Education Trust.

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Report Roundup

• Report Examines Single-Sex Classes:
  “Separate But Superior? A Review of Issues and Data Bearing on Single-Sex Education” is posted by the Education Policy Research Unit at Arizona State University.

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N.J. Panel Eyes Changes in School Funding

• The recommendations of New Jersey’s joint legislative committee on public school funding reform is available from the New Jersey Legislature.

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Some Calif. Achievement Gaps Are Widening, Study Finds

• “Crucial Issues in California Education 2006: Rekindling Reform” is posted by Policy Analysis for California Education.