Education
At the end of the 2008-2009 school year, an estimated $1 trillion was spent nationwide on education. While state and local funding accounts for most of that spending, federal reform initiatives are now driving change within the nation’s schools from pre-school to college. The new agenda has also ignited contentious debate about what's best for American education. (Photo: The Boston Globe)
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K-12 RESOURCES
A comprehensive collection of data and reports that focus on K-12, along with an extensive list of experts in the field.
CHILD CARE AND EARLY EDUCATION RESOURCES
A comprehensive collection of data and reports that focus on Child Care and Early Education, along with an extensive list of experts in the field.
Preschool, Performance and Politics
The “next major reform movement in public education," as predicted in 2007 by The Oregonian's Bill Graves, is now here.
SPECIAL POPULATIONS RESOURCES
A comprehensive collection of data and reports that focus on Special Populations, along with an extensive list of experts in the field.
HIGHER ED RESOURCES
A comprehensive collection of data and reports that focus on Higher Ed, along with an extensive list of experts in the field.
"L.A.’s Urban Schools Hardest Hit by Teacher Layoffs"
Thousands of public school teachers are being laid off in Los Angeles as the city deals with painful budget cuts. And the greatest victims of the slashing are the urban, low-income schools, which have the greatest number of beginning teachers. The John Liechty Middle School opened its doors two years ago and is heavily staffed with young, nontenured teachers. It was created as a shining example of innovative education, but now more than half of the teachers are being laid off, as veteran teachers who mostly weren’t interested in coming to Liechty when it first opened, are moving in since they’ve lost their own classes. UCLA education professor John Rogers says the massive budget cuts hurt not only teachers currently employed, but those coming up the ranks. “We may be losing this generation of highly trained committed educators who are not just there for this year, but who want to make a difference for years to come,” he says.
"Where They Are: Three ninth-grade dropouts"
The last in a series of reports, “The Odds of Graduating,” which follows a group of students at Chicago’s Robeson High School, an inner-city school where nearly half of the student body ends up dropping out before they graduate. This report looks at the complicated, and sometimes frustratingly simple, reasons kids don’t come to school.
Title IX
Why Title IX's impact extends beyond athletics.
On the Radar: Early Education
The early education movement has gathered unprecedented momentum. Find out how to cover the issue in your state.
Education Sources
Contacts and resources on a range of education issues.
“Get ‘Junk’ Foods Out of U.S. Schools: PTA, diet group”
Reuters, Charles Abbott
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