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All posts tagged "OST"
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Weekly Notes: Justice leader says OJJDP not going anywhere; few recommendations come out of juvenile justice working groups; and more
***Day 909 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
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How More Flexibility in Federal Education Funding Will Hurt Low-Income and Minority Students
The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce recently sent to the full House a bill that is designed to provide...
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Texas Study on Suspension and Expulsion: A Look at the Major Findings
A report on school discipline released this week by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and Public Policy Research Institute could...
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News
Obama Administration to Fight Harsh School Discipline
The U.S. Justice and Education departments are making disruption of the “school to prison” pipeline – which can begin with minor school...
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Achievement Trends of Schools and Students in Arizona’s Title I School Improvement Program
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) This report describes how Arizona public schools found to need improvement under Title I of No Child...
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National Postsecondary Enrollment Trends Before, During and After the Great Recession
National Student Clearinghouse Research Center This report spotlights national and regional college enrollment trends among traditional-age, first-time students during the fall...
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News
House Committee Votes to Strip Restrictions on Title I, Other Funds
The House Education and the Workforce Committee voted today – strictly along party lines – to allow local school districts to spend...
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Research
National Guard Youth Academies: One Promising Option for Disconnected Youth
A new study suggests that a program run by the National Guard can help dropouts who are ready to reconnect and move...
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Affordability and Transfer Critical to Increase Bachelor’s Degree Completion
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education The importance of the U.S. having more college graduates and the role that community...
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News
Education Department’s ‘Program Integrity’ Rules Remain Under Fire
The Obama administration’s attempts to increase the integrity of institutions of higher education – especially among the companies that operate for-profit colleges...
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Book Reviews
Quality? It’s All in a School’s Reputation
The College Cost Disease: Higher Cost and Lower QualityRobert E. MartinEdward Elgar Pub, $99.95 Numerous books have been written lately suggesting that...
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News
The Zero-Tolerance Equation
For nearly two decades, one of the hottest buzzwords in public education has been “zero-tolerance,” as in: Bring a weapon to school...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
National League of Cities Joins Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
The National League of Cities (NLC) is joining a national effort to increase the number of low-income children who read at grade...
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News
Parents Group Stymied in Push for School Turnaround
Parents trying to force establishment of a charter school in lieu of a failing elementary school using California’s so-called “parent trigger” law...
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Book Reviews
Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a Man
Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a ManYouth Communication226 pages. In 35 autobiographical stories and articles, 26 urban males...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Alternative High: The Troy Shawn Welcome Story
Alternative High: The Troy Shawn Welcome StoryWritten and directed by Michael A. PinckneyProduced by Garret Anton HarkawikYouth Communication/Reel Works Teen Filmmaking18 minutes....
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
A Leader’s Guide to Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a Man
A Leader’s Guide to Real Men: Urban Teens Write About How to Be a ManYouth Communication and Development without Limits354 pages. also...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Public School Expenditures in 2009 Remain the Same as 2008
Expenditures for each elementary and secondary education pupil in fiscal year 2009 were essentially unchanged from the previous year, accounting for inflation. ...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
YouthBuild Again Wins Funds to Work with Dropout Juvenile Offenders
Eight months after being stripped of a $10 million Department of Labor (DOL) grant it received to help dropouts and juvenile offenders...
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Transforming Education Across the Pre-K to Grade Three Years
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) In the fall of 2010, the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) convened a...
