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Career/Technical Education
The Progress of Education Reform
Education Commission of the States, February 2013
Identifies new approaches states are adopting to support career readiness for students.
Closing the Expectations Gap
Achieve.org, November 2013
Achieve's eighth annual "Closing the Expectations Gap" report shows how all states are aligning CCSS standards with policies and practices to better ensure that all students are academically prepared for life after high school.
Early Education for Dual Language Learners
Migration Policy Institute, November 2013
There's an accruing pile of evidence that teaching in English and a child's home language in the preschool and early elementary years is best for young dual-language learners, both for academic achievement and for English proficiency later in their school careers.
Education Pays 2013
College Board, October 2013
This study underscores the payoff from higher education and highlights other benefits of a college degree.
CSBA Policy Brief, November 2013
Gives school districts and county boards of education a snapshot of issues they'll need to consider as they move forward to implement the Common Core State Standards in 2014.
Impact of Local Control Funding Formula on Board Policies
CSBA Policy Brief, November 2013
Outlines key policies affected by the new funding formula, as well as the three dozen categorical programs that were eliminated under LCFF and the more than a dozen that remain in place.
Center for Applied Linguistics, September 2013
The authors provide an overview to three significant language and literacy demands of the Common Core and explain what those demands (also referred to as shifts) will mean for ELLs.
Math in the Early Years
The Progress of Education Reform
Education Commission of the States, October 2013
Reveals five surprising findings about the strong relationship between early math instruction and later student achievement.
Achieve.org/U.S. EDI, March 2013
The tool contains guidance, exercises, and templates for teams to use as they work through the critical steps for adoption and implementation of the NGSS.
Teaching the Teachers: Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability
Center for Public Education / National School Boards Association, September 2013
Provides a research-based answer to how districts can structure professional development so that teachers change their teaching practices for successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
Education Trust, July 2013
Looks at state track records over the past decade in raising achievement for students overall, as well as for low-income students and students of color.
Unlocking the Research on English Learners
American Educator, Summer 2013
This review of available research will help educators bolster the efforts of English learners to understand more-demanding academic content as they also learn English.
Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2013
This groundbreaking study finds that nearly all parents seek schools with a solid core curriculum in reading and math, an emphasis on STEM education, and the development in students of good study habits, strong critical thinking skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use in America 2013
Common Sense Media, Fall 2013
The latest survey in the series shows how more than ever young children are growing up mobile.
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