
Analyzes trends in turnover among public school principals in 2001-08 compared with 1987-2001, school-based and personal reasons for the moves, characteristics of their new positions, and the role of school accountability pressures. Examines implications.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Illinois

Analyzes data on risk of school suspension by race/ethnicity, gender, and disability status in nearly five hundred districts; highlights research showing suspensions to be ineffective and harmful; and calls for implementing evidence-based alternatives.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California

Designed to help principal preparation programs assess the quality of the training offered, includes "rubrics" (ratings with descriptions of what they mean) on course content and internships as well as a handbook on how to conduct the assessment.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Describes how state or federal governments could reward exceptional teachers based on a uniform standard across various district-level teacher evaluation systems by determining the systems' reliability in predicting future performance. Includes Q & A.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Children and Youth, Education and Literacy, Immigration
Examines gaps in school readiness among low-income children, especially those in immigrant and linguistically isolated families; the type of early care and education they receive; and the need for targeted center-based preschool programs to close gaps.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California

Reviews the implementation of a schoolwide reform model that offers teachers incentives to improve student achievement and classroom performance. Examines its impact on student test scores and on teacher retention within schools.
August 1970
Geographic Focus:

Children and Youth, Education and Literacy
Analyzes state policy options for incorporating direct assessments of children into the design, implementation, and evaluation of quality rating and improvement systems and other quality improvement efforts to determine the impact on child outcomes.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California

Explains how to provide excellent teachers for every child every year by better identifying excellent teachers, removing policy barriers so they can teach more students for more pay, and catalyzing schools' and districts' will to put them in charge.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America-United States