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More Children Alone After School
•“America After 3 PM” is from the Afterschool Alliance
•“Time for Learning White Paper” and “Standards, Assessments, and Accountability White Paper” is from the National Academy of Education
•“Click: The Twelfth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Consumerism Trends: 2008-2009" is a joint venture of Arizona State University’s Commercialism in Education Unit and the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Education and the Public Interest Center
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•“Portfolio School Districts in Big Cities: An Interim Report” is from the Center on Reinventing Public Education
•“Organized Communities, Stronger Schools: A Case Study Series” is from the Annenberg Institute for School Reform
•“Perfecting the Formula: Effective Strategies=Educational Success” is from the National Governors Association
•“Breaking the Habit of Low Performance” is from the Center on Innovation and Improvement
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AFT Announces First Recipients of Innovation Fund
•More information on the AFT Innovation Fund is available here from the American Federation of Teachers
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Teacher Compensation Ripe for Change, Authors Say
•Information about Redesigning Teacher Pay is available here from the Economic Policy Institute
