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Jacob, Brian A.; Rockoff, Jonah E. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
Proposals for school reform often focus on large and sometimes controversial systemic changes, such as charter schools, accountability standards, and changes to the way teachers are hired, fired, and compensated. Although these reforms may offer great opportunity to improve student outcomes, they may also be costly, face substantial implementation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Evidence, Educational Change
Nodine, Thad R. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
In 2005, the Hildago (Texas) Independent School District, in partnership with the University of Texas-Pan American, the University of Texas System, the Communities Foundation of Texas/Texas High School Project, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, promised that all of its students would earn college credits before graduating from high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Stakeholders, College Programs
Jennings, Jack; Rentner, Diane Stark – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
For the past four years, the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit research and advocacy organization, has been conducting a comprehensive and continuous review of NCLB, producing the annual reports contained in the series "From the Capital to the Classroom" as well as numerous papers on specific issues related to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Departments of Education, School Districts, Public Education