Links in Education Week: Jan. 16, 2008
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Report Roundup
UNESCO Report Calls for Ed. Tech. Training:
• Read UNESCO’s "ICT Competency Standards for Teachers."
Digital Youths:
• "D is for Digital" 
is posted by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.
Evaluating After-School Programs:
• "Outcome Evaluation: a Guide for Out-of-School Time Practitioners"
was published by Child Trends.
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Guidance Given on Young and Disruptive:
• "Implementing Policies to Reduce the Likelihood of Preschool Expulsion" was conducted by the Foundation for Child Development.
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Need for Proposed U.S. Public Service Academy Debated:
• Read the proposal for a U.S. public service academy.
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Assessment to Rate Principal Leadership to Be Field-Tested:
• The VAL-ED assessment was published by the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education.
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Evidence for Moving to K-8 Model Not Airtight:
• Read "Comparing Achievement Between K–8 and Middle Schools: A Large‐Scale Empirical Study" and "The Negative Impacts of Starting Middle School in Sixth Grade."
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New Funding Formula in N.J. Faces Hurdles:
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Read Gov. Jon Corzine's State of the State address.
California Governor Scales Back Schools Agenda:
• Read Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's State of the State address.
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