Policy Briefs on Education Issues

2009 Policy Briefs on Education Issues

The Center funds policy briefs on important education issues. Policy briefs are written by recognized academic experts in each topic and include a summary of existing research available as well as policy recommendations. Briefs published in 2009 include:

• Universal Access to a Quality Education:
  Research and Recommendations for the Elimination of Curricular Stratification
  Carol C. Burris, South Side High School, New York
  Kevin G. Welner, University of Colorado at Boulder
  Jennifer W. Bezoza, Children’s Voices

  This policy brief makes the case for schools across the country to put an end to policies that cast off students into unchallenging, low-track classrooms. The authors recommend a clear process for the phasing out of curricular stratification in grades K-10, beginning with the lowest track and granting meaningful access to AP and IB courses to all students. The brief includes model statutory language to implement its recommendations.
  
  Executive Summary
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• Private Schooling in the U.S.: Expenditures, Supply, and Policy Implications
  Bruce D. Baker Rutgers University
  Executive Summary
  Policy Brief

• The Realities of K-12 Virtual Education
  Gene V Glass, Arizona State University
  Executive Summary
  Policy Brief

• NCLB’s Ultimate Restructuring Alternatives: Do they Improve the Quality of Education?
  William J. Mathis, Associate Professor (adj), University of Vermont
  Executive Summary
  Policy Brief

• Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors and School Success
  David C. Berliner, Regents’ Professor Arizona State University
  Executive Summary
  Policy Brief

2008 Policy Briefs on Education Issues

The Center funds policy briefs on important education issues. Policy briefs are written by recognized academic experts in each topic and include a summary of existing research available as well as policy recommendations. Briefs published in 2008 include:

• Multiple Pathways: 21st Century High Schools that Prepare All Students for College, Career and Civic Participation
  Marisa Saunders, UCLA& Christopher A. Chrisman, Holland & Hart LLP
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• What Do We Know About the Outcomes of KIPP Schools?
  Jeffrey R. Henig, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University
  Executive Summary
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• Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications
  W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D., National Institute for Early Education Research Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  Executive Summary
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• Strengthening the Link Between Effective School Expenditures and State Funding Mechanisms
  Anthony Rolle of Texas A&M University
  Executive Summary
  Policy Brief
  
  
• Alternative Certification of Teachers
  Gene V Glass, Ph.D. Arizona State University
  Executive Summary
  Policy Brief
  
  
• School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations (10 Brief Series)
  Gary Miron, Kevin G. Welner, Patricia H. Hinchey and Alex Molnar (Editors)
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• A Guide to Contracting Out School Support Services: Good for the School? Good for the Community?
  William J. Mathis, Ph.D., Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union
  Lorna Jimerson, Ed. D., Champlain Valley Union High School
  Executive Summary
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• Promoting ELL Parental Involvement: Challenges In Contested Times
  M. Beatriz Arias, Ph.D., Milagros Morillo-Campbell, Ph.D., Arizona State University
  Executive Summary
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• Who Chooses Schools, and Why?
  Natalie Lacireno-Paquet, Ph.D., WestEd, with Charleen Brantley University of Massachusetts, Boston
  Executive Summary
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2007 Policy Briefs on Education Issues

The Center funds policy briefs on important education issues. Policy briefs are written by recognized academic experts in each topic and include a summary of existing research available as well as policy recommendations. Briefs published in 2007 include:

• ‘Restoring Value’ To the High School Diploma: The Rhetoric and Practice Of Higher Standards
  W. Norton Grubb, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Jeannie Oakes, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
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• Supplemental Education Services under NCLB: Emerging Evidence and Policy Issues
  Patricia Burch, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
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• The Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Teacher Compensation Approaches
  Debbi C. Harris - Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Executive Summary
  Policy Brief

2006 Policy Briefs on Education Issues

The Center funds policy briefs on important education issues. Policy briefs are written by recognized academic experts in each topic and include a summary of existing research available as well as policy recommendations. Briefs published in 2006 include:

• Assessment, High Stakes, and Alternative Visions: Appropriate Use of the Right Tools to Leverage Improvement
  Dan Laitsch, Simon Frasier University, Vancouver, BC
  Executive Summary
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• Separate But Superior? A Review Of Issues And Data Bearing On Single-Sex Education
  Gerald Bracey, Independent Researcher
  Executive Summary
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• The Accuracy and Effectiveness of Adequate Yearly Progress, NCLB's School Evaluation System
  William Mathis, University of Vermont
  Executive Summary
  Policy Brief
  
  
• A Policy Maker’s Guide to “The 65% Solution” Proposals
  Gerald Bracey, Independent Researcher
  Policy Brief
  
  
• Ending the Blame Game on Educational Inequity: A Study of “High Flying” Schools and NCLB
  Doug Harris, Florida State University
  Executive Summary
  Policy Brief