A Matter of Degrees: Preparing Teachers for the Pre-K Classroom

Children and Youth;Education and Literacy

A Matter of Degrees: Preparing Teachers for the Pre-K Classroom

Reviews the research on how pre-K teacher preparation affects learning and program quality. Explores the potential costs and benefits of raising preparation standards, expected challenges, and strategies states and localities have used to address them.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States

Building a Campaign for Reading Reform in Miami

Community and Economic Development;Education and Literacy

Building a Campaign for Reading Reform in Miami

Presents a case study of community organizing for school reform by Miami's People Acting for Community Together: how its campaign for a new literacy program shaped leadership development, district-level policy, school-level capacity, and student outcomes.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Southern) / Florida;North America / United States (Southern) / Florida / Miami/Dade County / Miami

Effective Schools: Managing the Recruitment, Development, and Retention of High-Quality Teachers

Education and Literacy

Effective Schools: Managing the Recruitment, Development, and Retention of High-Quality Teachers

Analyzes the correlation between a school's effectiveness as measured by student achievement value-add and its ability to recruit, retain, and develop high-quality teachers and remove others, with a focus on the principal's leadership effectiveness.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Southern) / Florida;North America / United States (Southern) / Florida / Miami/Dade County / Miami

Smallest Victims of the Foreclosure Crisis: Children in the District of Columbia

Children and Youth, Community and Economic Development, Education and Literacy, Housing and Homelessness

Smallest Victims of the Foreclosure Crisis: Children in the District of Columbia

Examines trends in the number of public school students affected by the foreclosure crisis, their demographic characteristics, and concentration by neighborhood or school. Discusses implications for housing and education agencies and providers.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Southern)-District of Columbia-Washington

Beyond the Bubble: Technology and the Future of Student Assessment

Computers and Technology, Education and Literacy

Beyond the Bubble: Technology and the Future of Student Assessment

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

See More Reports

Go to IssueLab