Education
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2008
NCES
A 169-page US report examining crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school
Crime, Law & Order, EducationPosted: 2009-04-20
Ladders of Success: Keeping Teacher Pay on Schedule
Education Sector
A 4-page US article discussing how teacher compensation can be more effectively tied to experience and credentials
EducationPosted: 2009-04-22
Money Matters – Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training
CESifo
A 38-page working paper examining the effectiveness of the use of vouchers to promote adult training
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2009-04-22
Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment,
Rand Corporation
This 162-page US study examines how charter schools affect long-term student attainment
EducationPosted: 2009-04-22
Choosing the Field of Study in Post-Secondary Education: Do Expected Earnings Matter?
IZA
This 39-page discussion paper examines the determinants of the choice of the major when the length of studies is uncertain, by using a framework in which students entering post-secondary education are assumed to anticipate their future earnings
EducationPosted: 2009-04-23
Revisiting Indigenous Education
CIS
This 30-page Australian paper argues that there is no ‘gap’ between the literacy and numeracy of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students
Indigenous Affairs, EducationPosted: 2009-04-28
A Guide to School Choice Reforms
Policy Exchange
This 70-page UK publication sets out a blueprint for creating real school choice in the UK. It also looks at the lessons from the introduction of school choice reforms in Sweden and the USA.
EducationPosted: 2009-05-03
Learning from No Child Left Behind
Hoover Institution
This US study outlines specific lessons and recommendations that identify the strengths and weaknesses of NCLB and offers suggestions for improving the law, building on its current foundation (single page with links to each section of the study)
EducationPosted: 2009-05-03
Domino Effect
Hoover Institution
A 6-page US article on the measurement of negative spillovers caused by troubled children at school
EducationPosted: 2009-05-11
Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum (England)
DCSF
This 210-page review has tried to capture the distinctiveness of the primary phase. The curriculum that primary children are offered must enable them to enjoy this unique stage of childhood, inspire learning and develop the knowledge, skills and understanding which are the building blocks for secondary education and later life
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-05-13
State Early Commitment Programs: A Contract for Success?
AASCU
This 7-page US policy brief examines the effectiveness of early commitment programmes in improving the academic results of low-income students
EducationPosted: 2009-05-18
Food for Thought: Building a High-Quality School Choice Market
Education Sector
This 20-page US report offers strategies for improving the education marketplace; draws insights from food and banking industries
EducationPosted: 2009-05-18
Stimulating Excellence: Unleashing the Power of Innovation in Education
AEI
A 44-page US paper arguing that by removing barriers to innovation and reform and providing greater support for entrepreneurship, we can spur the critical and necessary new solutions to many of public education's greatest challenges
EducationPosted: 2009-05-19
A Detailed Picture of Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Urban Institute
This 30-page US analysis looks at how parental education relates to education, lifetime earnings, health, and wealth
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2009-06-05
Extra Earning Power: The Financial Returns to University Education in Canada
C.D. Howe Institute
This 7-page Canadian brief examines the financial returns to university education in Canada and draws policy implications
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-06-05
Diplomas and Dropouts
AEI
This 80-page report documents the dramatic variation in graduation rates across more than 1,300 of colleges and universities in the US, even between those with similar admissions criteria and students
EducationPosted: 2009-06-11
Is Traditional Teaching Really All That Bad? A Within-Student Between-Subject Approach
CESifo
This 34-page working paper directly peers into the black box of educational production by investigating the relationship between lecture style teaching and student achievement
EducationPosted: 2009-06-21
Promoting Economic Mobility by Increasing Postsecondary Education
Urban Institute
This 66-page US study reviews federal efforts to help low-income students attend college and recommends policies that would improve their academic preparation, provide more effective guidance on selecting and paying for college, and boost retention and graduation rates
EducationPosted: 2009-06-21
The Impact of Creative Partnerships on Pupil Behaviour
NFER
Creative Partnerships is the UK Government’s creative learning programme, designed to develop the skills of young people across England, raising their aspirations and achievements, and opening up more opportunities for their futures. This 24-page study compared schools involved in Creative Partnerships with other similar schools to explore this issue, using data from 2002/3 to 2006/7 for absence rates and data from 2002/3 to 2005/6 for exclusions from school
EducationPosted: 2009-06-24
Education and Obesity in Four OECD Countries
OECD
Using health survey data from Australia, Canada, England and Korea, this 46=page working paper explores the relationship between education and obesity
In Defence of Non-Government Schools
CIS
This 14-page Australian issue analysis reiterates the reasons for public funding of non-government schools, with a rational and ethical defence of non-government schools and their contribution to the public good and society
EducationPosted: 2009-07-05
Some Remarks on the Effectiveness of Primary Education Interventions
IZA
This 41-page policy paper surveys the recent economics of education literature in order to identify which education policies can effectively improve the quality of primary schooling, as measured by pupil test-based achievements
EducationPosted: 2009-07-05
Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009
Productivity Commission - Australia
A 791-page Australian report designed to track the extent to which government policies and programs are making a difference to Indigenous people
EducationPosted: 2009-07-06
The Duration of Paid Parental Leave and Children's Scholastic Performance
IZA
A 40-page discussion paper studying how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-06
School report cards: Review of the Use of School Report Cards Internationally
NFER
A 36-page UK review of report cards and how they are used in other countries. This review shows the variation in the use of report cards and the different features that are included
EducationPosted: 2009-07-07
Cost, Commitment, and Attainment: An International Comparison
JFF
This US report provides an international perspective on the productivity agenda of Making Opportunity Affordable, a multiyear initiative focused on increasing productivity within U.S. higher education, particularly at two-year and four-year public colleges and universities. After comparing and analyzing data on cost, commitment, and attainment, the report suggests approaches that the United States should consider to achieve higher attainment at sustainable levels
EducationPosted: 2009-07-13
Creating Effective Teaching and Learning Environments: First Results from TALIS
OECD
TALIS provides the first internationally comparative perspective on the conditions of teaching and learning, based on data from over 70,000 teachers and school principals who represent lower secondary teachers in the 23 participating countries. TALIS examines important aspects of professional development; teacher beliefs, attitudes and practices; teacher appraisal and feedback; and school leadership (307 pages)
EducationPosted: 2009-07-19
Understanding Reading First
MDRC
READING FIRST - Reading First was a $1-billion-a-year federal funding stream designed to support the instructional practices that were identified by the National Reading Panel’s systematic review of rigorous reading research as effective, evidence-based strategies for teaching reading. This 8-page policy brief sets the context in which it was implemented, examines studies of it, summarizes the findings and discusses the implications both for federal and state policy and for future research in the teaching of early reading
EducationPosted: 2009-07-19
Graduating America: Meeting the Challenge of Low Graduation-Rate High Schools
JFF
In the US, high schools with low graduation rates country are concentrated in a subset of 17 states that produce approximately 70 percent of the nation’s dropouts. Data from these states are used to develop new analytic tools for examining the characteristics of schools, districts, and states that make certain approaches more likely to succeed in certain places (52-page report)
EducationPosted: 2009-07-23
Identifying and Teaching Children and Young People with Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties
DCSF
This 217-page UK report focuses on the identification of dyslexia among students and the possible intervention approaches that can be made by teachers and parents
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-07-24
Many Schools Are Still Inadequate
Hoover Instiution
A US article discussing the connection between education funding and student achievement
EducationPosted: 2009-07-24
An International Comparative Study on the Working Conditions of School Personnel
NFER
A 6-page summary of a comparative study of England, Scotland and Finland’s working teachers practice prepared for the Japan Teachers' Union
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-29
From the Snapshot to the Full Picture
AEI
This 7-page US essay argues for value-added measures of school performance
EducationPosted: 2009-08-02
The APPLES Blossom: Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES) Results Through 2nd Grade
National Institute for Early Education Research
The 26-page report on the impact of high-quality pre-school programmes in a US state
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2009-08-10
The Role of Information Technology in Creating New Kinds of American High Schools
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
This 15-page US paper discusses why the existing school reform movement has stalled and how information technology (including computers, software and communications) can enable the emergence of fundamentally new kinds of schools
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-08-11
Does Schooling Affect Health Behavior? Evidence from the Educational Expansion in Western Germany
IZA
Using the number of academic track schools in a state as an instrumental variable for years of schooling,this 31-page discussion paper investigates the causal effect of schooling on health behavior such as smoking and related outcomes such as obesity
Overskilling Dynamics and Education Pathways
IZA
This 20-page discussion paper uses panel data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and the dynamic properties of overskilling among employed individuals
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2009-08-16
Assessment Drives Learning: The Effect of Central Exit Exams on Curricular Knowledge and Mathematical Literacy
CESifo
This 30-page paper uses data from the German PISA 2003 sample to study the effects of central exit examinations on student performance, student attitudes, and teacher behavior
EducationPosted: 2009-08-17
Matchmaking: Enabling Mandatory Public School Choice in New York and Boston
Education Sector
This 12-page US paper takes a close look at the schools choice systems in New York and Boston
EducationPosted: 2009-09-08
One League Away from Disaster
SISR
An Australian commentary on the use of schools league tables
EducationPosted: 2009-09-10
A Global Fund for Education: Achieving Education for All
Brookings
A 5-page US policy brief arguing for a global fund to enable universal education
EducationPosted: 2009-09-10
Teachers Matter: Recruitment, Employment and Retention at Home and Abroad
Politeia
This 128-page report examines trends and issues in teacher recruitment and retention in Great Britain. It draws on comparisons with education systems in other developed countries, including Europe, the USA, and New Zealand
EducationPosted: 2009-09-27
Key Data on Education in Europe 2009
EACEA
This 280-page report draws on qualitative and quantitative data to provide an overview of the education systems of 31 European countries, and how these systems are dealing with common educational challenges
Education, European UnionPosted: 2009-09-27
Canadian Nine-year-olds at School
Statistics Canada
This 68-page report provides an overview of the school achievement of Canadian 9-year-old children in 2006/2007. The paper focuses on similarities and differences between girls and boys; between children from low-income and higher-income homes; between provinces; and, where relevant, between communities of different sizes. The report looks at the education environments of the children and at links between environment and achievement. It also examines the links between early school readiness indicators at age 5 and school achievement at age 9, when the children were in grade 3 and grade 4
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-09-28
Kindergarten Enrollment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education
IZA
An 11-page discussion paper studying whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children enrol in kindergarten
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-10-17
The Case for Special Education Vouchers
Hoover Institute
A US article on the use of special education vouchers for disabled children
Education, DisabilityPosted: 2009-10-18
Teachers at Work: Improving Teacher Quality Through School Design
Education Sector
This 17-page US report argues that better teaching will in the long run come not only from attracting a strong pool of talent and giving them boosts in pay, but from "changing the nature of the job"
EducationPosted: 2009-10-19
Everyone Wins: How Charter Schools Benefit All New York City Public School Students
Manhattan Institute
This 18-page US study uses student-level data to study the effect of competition from charter schools on academic performance in public schools
EducationPosted: 2009-10-31
The Effective Learning Program Shown to Increase the Percentage of Students Graduating from High School
Promising Practices Network
The report of a US programme in which students participate in a three-hour block of English, math, and humanities instruction taught by trained ELP teachers in a "family" or "team" atmosphere
EducationPosted: 2009-11-01
Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
NCJRS
A 12-page US survey examining children's exposure to violence in the home, school, and community
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2009-11-01
Heterogeneous Class Size Effects: New Evidence from a Panel of University Students
IZA
This 41-page discussion paper presents evidence on the effects of class size on students’ test scores
EducationPosted: 2009-11-10
Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind
Rand Corporation
This 309-page US report provides a longitudinal evaluation of the 5th-grade promotion policy in New York City. Their findings, presented in this volume, provide a comprehensive picture of how the policy was implemented, the impact of the policy on student academic and socioemotional outcomes, and the links between the policy's implementation and the outcomes of at-risk student
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-11-12
The Benefits to Taxpayers from Increases in Students' Educational Attainment
Rand Corporation
A 142-page US study illustrating how increases in educational attainment benefit taxpayers—regardless of whether they have children in school—because more highly educated people tend to pay more in taxes, are less likely to use social support programs, and are less likely to commit crime
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-11-12
The Determinants of Education-Job Match among Canadian University Graduates
IZA
This 32-page discussion paper looks at the determinants of education-job for Canadian university graduates
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-12
Understanding Global Activity in Higher Education and Research
Joint Information Systems Committee
This 112-page UK study looks at activities and developments in the fields of e-Learning and e-Infrastructure supporting the higher education and research sectors in: Australia; Canada; Denmark; Germany; Korea; Japan; the Netherlands; New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States
EducationPosted: 2009-11-13
Peers, Neighborhoods and Immigrant Student Achievement: Evidence from a Placement Policy
IZA
A 29-page discussion paper studying the causes of underperformance by immigrant students
Immigration & Refugees, EducationPosted: 2009-11-13
Success at Every Step
American Youth Policy Forum
This 239-page compendium describes programs that have been proven to help young people successfully complete high school and be prepared for success in postsecondary education and careers. These programs represent a wide range of interventions, including school-wide reform initiatives, community-based afterschool services, work-based learning opportunities and college access programs
EducationPosted: 2009-11-19
Research Findings to Support Effective Educational Policymaking: Evidence and Action Steps for State, District and Local Policymakers
Wallace Foundation
This 11-page US report highlights a number of research findings and action steps drawn from policies and practices that have been shown to be critical to the success of educational reforms
EducationPosted: 2009-11-20
Making High School Students into “College Material”
MDRC
This US issue focus describes some common features of college readiness programmes and outlines open research questions
EducationPosted: 2009-11-23
Family Engagement: A Shared Responsibility
Harvard Family Research Project
A US research report discussing how families, schools, and communities can create a shared responsibility for children’s learning and academic success
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-11-30
Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation
IZA
This 64-page discussion paper investigates whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy
Education, Economic PolicyPosted: 2009-12-02
Why and How Does Source Country Matter? The Effects of Home Countries and Immigrant Communities on Foreign-Born Student Achievement
IESP
A 28-page US working paper exploring the effect of the economic conditions of source countries and the human capital characteristics of coethnic immigrant communities on foreign-born students' reading and math achievement
Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-12-09
Mission Matters: The Cost of Small High Schools Revisited
NYUWagner
This 41-page US paper estimates school cost functions relating per pupil expenditures to school size, controlling for school output and quality, student characteristics, and school organization
EducationPosted: 2009-12-09
With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them
Public Agenda
This 52-page paper is the first of three reports describing young Americans' views on higher education and college completion
EducationPosted: 2009-12-09
Leadership for Learning Improvement in Urban Schools
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy
This 140-page US report examines what it means for school leaders to work in a demanding environment; what “supervisory leaders” (principals, assistant principals, department heads) do in these kinds of settings; and what nonsupervisory leaders do
EducationPosted: 2009-12-10
Web 2.0 Site Blocking in Schools
Education.au
This 46-page Australian report focuses on identifying and overcoming the barriers associated with current site blocking practices in schools with regards to Web 2.0 services such as social networking, video sharing, blogs and wikis and popular sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia
EducationPosted: 2009-12-15
AUSSE 2009: Australasian University Executive Summary Report
ACER, AUSSE
The 12-page executive summary of a survey of student engagement in Australasian universities
EducationPosted: 2009-12-18
Aboriginal Education: Strengthening the Foundations
CPRN
This 102-page research paper provides a detailed analysis of the current state of Aboriginal educational programs and policies across Canada’s regions and highlight the successes, failures and lessons learned
Indigenous Affairs, EducationPosted: 2009-12-19
Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind: The Case of New York Ciy
Rand Corporation
This 309-page US study reports on an independent longitudinal evaluation of the 5th-grade promotion policy adopted in New York City schools
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-10
The Benefits to Taxpayers from Increases in Students' Educational
Rand Corporation
This 143-page US study examines the financial benefits that taxpayers, regardless of whether they have children in school, realize from increases in educational attainment of today's youth
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-10
The Consumption Value of Higher Education
CESifo
A 26-page working paper offering a comprehensive literature survey of the consumption value of higher education
EducationPosted: 2010-01-15
Nature of Experience: Engaging Special Needs Learners Through the Natural World
NFER
This 8-page UK article examines the benefits of working with nature and natural objects for children and teachers in a special needs school
EducationPosted: 2010-01-19
Improving School Leadership
Rand Corporation
This 180-page US study documents actions taken to create more-cohesive policies and initiatives to improve instructional leadership in schools; describes how states and districts have worked together to forge such policies and initiatives; and examines the hypothesis that cohesive systems improve school leadership
EducationPosted: 2010-01-19
Head Start Impact Study Final Report: Executive Summary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This 35-page executive summary of a US report into the Head Start programme finds that most gains in cognitive development fade out by first grade
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-01-20
The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long-Run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes
OECD
A 55-page international study showing that even modest and achievable gains in student learning yield large increases in gross domestic product (GDP) over the long run
Education, Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-01-29
Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation
IZA
This 55-page discussion paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive and noncognitive skills
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-02-01
Sex and Relationships Education in Other Countries
NFER
This 43-page UK presentation demonstrates the variety of approaches that different countries have adopted to teach sex and relationships education (SRE), and whether learning the facts of life at school should be compulsory
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-02-04
Expanding Choice in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education
Brookings
A 32-page US report on expanding choice in elementary and secondary education
EducationPosted: 2010-02-19
Reviving the Global Education Compact
CGDev
This 24-page US essay explores the options for transforming global education and offers ambitious but achievable proposals for accelerating progress
EducationPosted: 2010-02-22
Education’s Hardest Test: Scaling up Aid in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Brookings
A 12-page US policy outlook outlining the challenges that need to be addressed if the educational opportunities of children living in countries affected by conflict, fragility, or emergencies are to be improved
International Development, EducationPosted: 2010-02-25
Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide
IZA
This 39-page paper explains the main idea and intuition of leading empirical strategies devised to identify causal impacts and illustrates their use with real-world examples in education
EducationPosted: 2010-02-26
What Happened When Kindergarten Went Universal?
Hoover Institution
This US study estimates the impact of earlier state interventions to introduce kindergarten into public schools
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-03
Longer-Term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Incentives to Learn: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
IZA
This 57-page discussion paper analyzes the short- and long-term educational and employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards with the objective to improve high-school graduation and post-secondary schooling enrollment
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-04
The Unknown World of Charter High Schools
Education Next
A US analysis analysis of the impacts of charter school attendance on educational attainment
EducationPosted: 2010-03-04
Improving School Leadership: The Promise of Cohesive Leadership Systems
Rand Corporation, Wallace Foundation
This 178-page US report evaluates an initiative to coordinate state and school district policy so principals have what they need to improve teaching and learning
EducationPosted: 2010-03-05
Arguing About Charters vs. “Traditional” Schools Masks the Failure of Schools Improvement Policy and Practice to Enhance Equality of Opportunity
Center for Mental Health in Schools
This 18-page US policy brief examines what type of policy shift is needed to stimulate development of a comprehensive, cohesive and coherent system to replace the prevailing piecemeal and marginalized approach to student and learning supports
EducationPosted: 2010-03-06
International Student Security: Globalization, State, University
Centre for the Study of Higher Education
This 17-page Australian paper looks at the human security of students who cross national borders for the purposes of formal study.
Education, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2010-03-08
The Effects of Education and Health on Wages and Productivity
Productivity Commission - Australia
A 96-page Australian study assessing the effects of education and health on wages and productivity
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2010-03-18
Beyond the Classroom: Using Title IX to Measure the Return to High School Sports
CESifo
This 45-page working paper examines the causal implications of an expansion in female sports participation in high schools
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-03-19
Mechanisms for the Effect of Field of Study on the Transition from Higher Education to Work
Mannheim Centre
This 36-page German working paper examines why why fields of study in higher education differ in early labour market returns
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-23
The Effects of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Education and Employment Outcomes of Youth
Melbourne Institute
This 30-page Australian paper examines the impact of macroeconomic conditions on the education and employment outcomes of youths in school-to-work transition
Economic Policy, EducationPosted: 2010-03-23
Partnerships for Learning: Promising Practices in Integrating School and Out-of-School Time Program Supports
HFRP
This 45-page US report from is aimed to help Out-of-School Time programme leaders, decision-makers, and funders to understand and implement effective OST–school partnerships for learning
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-24
Taking Leadership, Innovating Change: Profiles in Family, School, and Community Engagement
HFRP
This 18-page US report has compiled twelve examples of leading innovations in family engagement as an integral and effective strategy in systemic education reform
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-24
A New Model for Equitable and Efficient Resource Allocation to Schools: The Israeli Case
IZA
This 41-page discussion paper sets out a new budget allocation formula for schools, designed to achieve a more equitable distribution of educational achievement
EducationPosted: 2010-03-25
The Digital World of Young Children: Emergent Literacy
Pearson Foundation
This US paper examines the latest research on the ways in which young children make use of increasingly personalized and mobile media – including cell phones, television, video games, smart devices, and computers. The report focuses on the impact of these new ways of learning and also highlights the degree to which these emergent literacies are rooted in young people’s use of common-place mobile devices – especially in developing and least-developed nations
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-03-29
Collaborating for Student Success: Part 2: Student Achievement
MetLife
A 17-page report, part of "The Metlife Survey of the American Teacher", examines teachers' views on how to improve student achievement
EducationPosted: 2010-04-13
Does Immigration Induce 'Native Flight' from Public Schools? Evidence from a Large Scale Voucher Program
IZA
A 31-page discussion paper examining the correlation between ethnic heterogeneity due to immigration and the propensity of opting out from public schools for private alternatives
Education, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-04-13
An Effective Teacher in Every Classroom
Program on Education Policy and Governance
A US article considering how to identify effective teachers and how to increase the number of effective teachers in in high-poverty schools and communities
EducationPosted: 2010-04-28
AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs
P/PV
This US report analyzes the implementation of the AfterZone initiative—a citywide system-building effort that aims to provide high-quality, accessible out-of-school-time services to middle school youth
Education, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-04-30
Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies
Urban Institute
This US report reviews strategies to improve educational attainment and employment among disadvantaged youth, particularly young men
Families, Children & Youth, EducationPosted: 2010-05-13