Girls Speak: A New Voice in Global Development

Education and Literacy, International Development, Women

Girls Speak: A New Voice in Global Development

Presents adolescent girls' views on the value of education and its impact on their lives, their aspirations, and barriers to long-term change as guidance for targeting interventions to improve self-determination and health, social, and economic outcomes.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: Global

Adolescent Physical Education and Physical Activity in California

Athletics and Sports, Education and Literacy, Health

Adolescent Physical Education and Physical Activity in California

Based on 2007 California Health Interview Survey data, examines participation in physical education and other physical activity among adolescents ages 12 to 17 by gender and county, and implications for health outcomes. Makes policy recommendations.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-California

Principal Turnover in Illinois Public Schools, 2001-2008

Education and Literacy

Principal Turnover in Illinois Public Schools, 2001-2008

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

Increasing Physical Activity Through Recess

Children and Youth, Education and Literacy, Health

Increasing Physical Activity Through Recess

Summarizes research on the effects of recess, including its benefits as an effective and efficient way to increase the amount of physical activity and enhance academic performance and trends in daily recess by school location and student population.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Quality Measures: Principal Preparation Program Assessment

Education and Literacy

Quality Measures: Principal Preparation Program Assessment

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

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