2002

A Compromised Commitment: Society's Obligation and Failure to Serve the Nation's Largest Growing Population

WorkStudy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:01:05 -0600

Source: Hispanic Border Leadership Institute

A report on the educational experience of Latinos in five southwestern states.

A Performance Audit of the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Contract with Edison Schools Inc.

WorkStudy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:51:05 -0600

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education

Audit analyzes the financial and academic problems of the Philadelphia School District and details five findings that raise serious concerns about the procurement and oversight of the contract.

Ability tracking: What role for the courts?

epicpolicy — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:19:36 -0600

Publisher Education Law Reporter, 163(2)
Page Numbers 565-571

Ads in School

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:05:35 -0600

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

An editorial on the issues related to advertising in schools, referencing a lecture by Alex Molnar.

Advertisers' Assault on Small Towns Should Set Off Sirens

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:34:15 -0600

Author: Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Source: Sunday Oregonian

Charlotte, N.C., company donates police cars–"emblazoned, NASCAR-style, with advertising logos."

An Analysis of Some Unintended and Negative Consequences of High-Stakes Testing

epicpolicy — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:48:33 -0600

Institution: Arizona State University

This study examined the unintended consequences of high-stakes tests in 16 states that have implemented high-stakes graduation exams. In those states the authors found increased dropout rates, decreased graduation rates, and higher rates of younger people taking the GED equivalency exams. Report and appendix total 138 pages in two sections.

An Analysis of the Content and Difficulty of the CSAP 10th-Grade Mathematics Test

epicpolicy — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:24:00 -0600

Publisher Unpublished

Arizona Report Finds Poorest Gain Little From Tax Credits

WorkStudy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:23:23 -0600

Author: John Gehring
Source: Education Week

A review of "The Equity Impact of Arizona's Education Tax Credit Program: A Review of the First Three Years," March 25, 2002.

Babble On, You English-Only Guys

WorkStudy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:12:54 -0600

Author: O. Ricardo Pimentel
Source: The Arizona Republic

Arizona Republic newspaper columnist cites the study by James Crawford on "Making Sense of Census 2000" and concludes that "if speaking English is the standard, Latinos are assimilating."

Comment: Jack Kaplan's new study of SAT teaching

epicpolicy — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:56:32 -0600

Publisher     Chance, 15(1)
Page Numbers     7-8
Summary     The commentary on Jack Kaplan's study asserts that the main message from Kaplan's study is that the quality of SAT coaching matters. Coaching that is above average in quality should be expected to produce associated score gains that are also above average. This is an intuitively plausible argument, and the results from Kaplan's study are suggestive along these lines. The commentary also submits, however, that beyond intuitive appeal, there is a dearth of evidence to make this argument empirically compelling.

Commercializing Schools: A Threat to Our Children's Health

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:15:45 -0600

Institution: Arizona State University

Source: American Dietetic Associations' Food and Nutrition Conference

A presentation before the American Dietetic Association's Food and Nutrition Conference on commercialism in American schools.

Corporate Involvement in School Reform

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:16:18 -0600

Author: Kirsten Larson
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management

This policy report examines the role of corporations in shaping American education and evaluates corporate school reform initiatives.

Corporate Involvement in School Reform

WorkStudy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:49:16 -0600

Author: Kirsten Larson
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management

This policy report examines the role of corporations in shaping American education and evaluates corporate school reform initiatives.

Diversity Enhances Education

kevin — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:23:08 -0600

Commentary in the Charlotte Observer.

Diversity Enhances Education

epicpolicy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:29:57 -0600

Institution: University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Source: The Charlotte Observer

The author discusses her perspective on the value of diversity in education.

Editorial: Winning Without the Facts

epicpolicy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:28:07 -0600

Institution: University of Massachusetts Boston

Source: Cambridge Chronicle

An analysis of the Massachusetts proposal on bilingual education.

Educating the "Right" Way: Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality

WorkStudy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:57:28 -0600

Author: Michael Apple
Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Source: Routledge

From the back cover:
"American schools are undergoing a dramatic shift to the right, as internationally acclaimed educator Michael Apple argues eloquently in Educating the 'Right' Way. Apple uncovers the roots of this conservative swing and sheds light on the dramatic changes they are causing in our schools. He also dissects the plans of this coalition and shows how these Rightist reforms pose a threat to the democracy of public education."

Educator Blasts Schools' 'Consumer Culture'

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:09:06 -0600

Author: Kirsten Stewart
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

This article presents some of the key issues covered in a lecture by Alex Molnar about commercialism in schools. Subsequent dialog between audience members and Molnar is summarized.

End Channel One Hawking to Kids in Texas Classrooms

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:39:40 -0600

Source: Houston Chronicle

Editorial comments on Texas Board of Education resolution encouraging school districts to remove Channel One from public schools.

Falling in Line: An Examination of Education Editorials Appearing in Four Leading U.S. Newspapers from the Inauguration of Georg

epicpolicy — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:15:08 -0600

Institution: Arizona State University

This report investigates the topics taken up in education-related editorials in four of the nation's leading newspapers between January 1 - September 11, 2001. Available online here: http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/documents/EPRU%202002-113/EPSL-0204-113-EPRU.pd...

Fat of the Land: Profits, Politics and Portion Sizes

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:53:34 -0600

Authors: Lawrence Lindner
Source: Eating Well

An interview with Marion Nestle, a well-respected nutritionist, who looks at why Americans are so overfed–and so confused about what to eat. Also brief sidebar article from her book, Food Politics.

Fighting "Big Fat"

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:51:06 -0600

Author: Peg Tyre
Source: Newsweek

"An army is mobilizing in a war against junk food. The combatants: doctors, lawyers, preachers, and moms."

Free Market Free-for-All

WorkStudy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:26:59 -0600

Author: Kenneth R. Howe
Source: Education Week

Distinguished Professor Kenneth Howe of the University of Colorado at Boulder argues that recent efforts by policy marketers to blur the distinction between educational research and educational advocacy for partisan policy preferences are denigrating the value of "value neutral" research in democratic policy-making, sullying the research enterprise, and violating the public trust.

Free Market Free-for-All

epicpolicy — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:29:23 -0600

Publisher     Education Week on the Web, 21(30)
Page Numbers     32-35
Summary     As Congress prepares to reauthorize federal programs in educational research, there is a growing controversy within the field over whether advocacy has a place in such research. Beneath the surface are telltale signs of an especially disturbing new competitor in conceptions of the role of this research, one that jettisons the idea of educational research as a source of objective information for policymaking, and mangles it into a tool for marketing partisan policy preferences.

Link http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=30howe.h21

High-Stakes Testing and U.S.-Mexican Youth in Texas: The Case for Multiple Compensatory Criteria in Assessment

WorkStudy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:47:22 -0600

Author: Angela Valenzuela
Institution: University of Texas at Austin
Source: Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy

With the recent re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that calls for testing at virtually every grade level, a growing debate is taking place regarding the utility of mass, but especially high-stakes, testing whereby schools are held accountable for increased student achievement.