May 5, 2011
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Webcast -- The Case for Being Bold: A New Agenda for Business in Improving STEM Education
ICW's April webinar is a LIVE webcast of The Case for Being Bold: A New Agenda for Business in Improving STEM Education. We will be unveiling a new report addressing what needs to be done to strengthen the quality of STEM education in the United States and what kinds of bold leadership will be required on the part of the business community to make it happen.
April 13, 2011
Too often, STEM reform has entailed well-intentioned efforts to superimpose good ideas on a rickety, aged set of institutions and organizations. If today’s earnest efforts are to deliver more than that, then good intentions and thoughtful proposals must be joined by a fierce commitment to remaking America’s schools and school systems for the 21st century.
NCLB Public School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Outcomes
April 4, 2011
Compared to public school choice under NCLB, there has been far more research and evaluation done on the impact of SES. While the main factor for determining the success of SES must be its impact on increasing student achievement, parent satisfaction also can demonstrate the extent to which the program has been successful. Indeed, most states take into account parent satisfaction when it comes to evaluating individual providers.
NCLB Public School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Implementation
April 15, 2011
Aside from actual limitations on services due to factors such as funding, the utilization of SES and public school choice has also been limited in many places by poor implementation.
NCLB Public School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Participation
April 1, 2011
Since 2003, participation in SES has increased from 233,000 students to nearly 700,000. During this same period, participation in public school choice has grown from approximately 50,000 students to roughly 150,000.
NCLB Public School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Overview
April 1, 2011
NCLB, for the first time in ESEA history, required low-performing schools to offer parents two choices: move their child to a higher-performing public school in their district or to a nearby charter school, or opt into free tutoring services. Both of these parental options were based on the premise that, rather than wait for a school to improve, parents deserve to have the opportunity to seek options that can provide immediate academic support to meet their needs – options that are widely available and utilized by millions of students from higher-income families.
ICW's March 2011 Newsletter
May 26, 2011
This issue of the ICW newsletter provides an overview of the parental options under NCLB; the extent to which students and parents have selected these options; issues surrounding their implementation; and a look at their overall impact on students.
March 23, 2011
While there is broad consensus that high-quality teachers are key in raising student achievement, there is significant disagreement about how to measure and reward quality, as well as how to ensure that every classroom has a high-quality teacher. This In Focus brief, the first of four, will discuss what is driving the teacher quality conversation at the national, state, and local levels.
March 1, 2011
State fact sheets providing the most up to date K-12 statistics in each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia.