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Education and Literacy
Presents survey findings on the role of recess in improving students' healthy development, classroom behavior, and focus and, in turn, academic achievement. Examines the impact of testing requirements on recess and other challenges. Makes recommendations.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy
Provides resources for facilitating discussions of a documentary on two elementary school principals' efforts to improve student achievement and implement reform. Includes sample agendas for viewing the full clip reel, individual clips, or the full film.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy
Reviews data on how early-career experience affects teacher effectiveness by subject, level, and distribution among high- and low-poverty schools. Calls for frontloading experience-based compensation, ensuring ongoing effectiveness, and even distribution.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Computers and Technology, Education and Literacy
Provides an overview of information technology's potential to enable better assessments of student achievement. Outlines promising models for testing complex skills, cognition, and learning and for utilizing such assessments to improve instruction.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Children and Youth, Education and Literacy, Race and Ethnicity
Presents ten objectives with action plans for improving access to quality education for Roma children, including collecting data, fighting racism, implementing desegregation policies, expanding access to preschool, and training bilingual teachers.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: Europe (Central), Europe
Education and Literacy, Government Reform
Explains how defined-benefit pension plans create barriers to attracting, retaining, and distributing effective teachers equitably. Proposes reforms including changing the benefit formula or structure, limiting political pressure, and phasing in changes.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Children and Youth, Education and Literacy, Health
Outlines how education levels influence health-related knowledge and behaviors, employment and income, and social and psychological factors, and, in turn, health outcomes. Examines how parents' education affects children's health and educational outlook.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
Education and Literacy, Government Reform, Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Outlines recommendations from a May 2009 Education Grantmakers Institute about the opportunities and risks of public policy grantmaking, navigating policy from federal to individual levels, funding research, acting as policy entrepreneurs, and evaluation.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States
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