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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Student Pressure Subject of Debate
- Read “Parental Pressure on Students,” available from the Pew Research Center.
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Charter Strongholds Pop Up Around U.S.
- Read “Top 10 Charter Communities by Market Share,” posted by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. (Microsoft Word required.)
Minorities Still Face Digital Divide
- The study, “Computer and Internet Use by Students in 2003: Statistical Analysis Report,” is available from the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Report Roundup
- Accountability Seen Yielding Calif. Gains:
Read “CRESST Analysis of California Accountability Progress Report,” available from the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
“No Longer the Only Game in Town: Helping Traditional Public Schools Compete” is available from the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
A summary of “Survey: Parents of Older Students Unaware of One-on-One Tutoring Benefits Available Through the No Child Left Behind Act” is available from Apangea Learning Co.
More information about “Organized Activity Participation, Positive Youth Development, and the Over-Scheduling Hypothesis” is available from the Society for Research in Child Development.