International assessments show U.S. math students outperformed by those in many other countries. Research supported by NSF illuminates the role of teaching, curriculum and technology in math education, and demonstrates the importance of math education to all citizens.
Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span.
Free resources for teaching Civics and US Government. Includes downloadable and searchable video clips and standards-based content for use in the classroom.
"The findings presented here reveal that first year
teachers in even the least affordable of the
16 districts examined can easily afford to pay
back their debts. Indeed, with just some basic
economizing, a first-year teacher could not only
pay back average debt, but could handle debt levels
nearly three times the national average."
This report presents 2006-07 school year information at the national and state level on student enrollment by grade and by race/ethnicity within grade, the numbers of teachers and other education staff, and several student/staff ratios.
"Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for our nations children." Includes curricula and classroom activities.
The 2008 edition includes 43 indicators in five main areas: (1) participation in education; (2) learner outcomes; (3) student effort and educational progress; (4) the contexts of elementary and secondary education; and (5) the contexts of postsecondary education.
Education Week special issue on states' efforts to forge stronger connections between precollegiate and postsecondary education
The goal of this practice guide is to formulate
specific and coherent evidence-based recommendations for use by educators aiming to quickly and dramatically improve student achievement in low-performing
schools. Although schoolwide reform models exist, most assume a slow and steady approach to school reform. They do not seek to achieve the kind of quick school turnaround examined in this guide.
The Report Card from the American Legislative Exchange Council, collects and provides, within a single volume,the most basic and customary measures of educational resources and achievement on a state-by-state basis.