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A Comparison of the Performance of the Milwaukee Public Schools and School Systems in Selected Other Cities

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:13:20 -0600

A Costly Gamble or Serious Reform? California's School Voucher Initiative - Proposition 38

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:05:29 -0600

Authors: Bruce Fuller, Luis Huerta, and David Ruenzel

A policy brief from Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) on the impact of California's Proposition 38 school voucher initiative, appearing on the November 2000 California ballot.

A Study of Boulder Valley School District's Open Enrollment Program

epicpolicy — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:33:04 -0600

Publisher Unpublished

Active Girls Who Drink Colas Are Five Times More Likely to Fracture Bones

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:36:54 -0600

Institution: Harvard School of Public Health
Source: Around the School

Article reports on research of Grace Wyshak that first appeared in the June 2000 issue of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine of the effects of soda pop on the likelihood of having a bone fracture.

Ad-Free Schools

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:12:09 -0600

Source: Boston Globe

Staff Editorial

Bilingual Means Two: Assessment Issues, Early Literacy and Two Language Children

epicpolicy — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:39:39 -0600

Publisher Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
Summary This paper discusses issues in assessment and development of early literacy in children who are two-language learners. Included in the paper are summaries of specific research studies that address each of the identified issues. Specifically, this paper will address the following concepts: (1) assessment must combine concepts known in the first language with concepts being learned in the second language; (2) assessment for two-language children must consider how two languages interact; and (3) there are differences, as well as similarities, in emergent reading and writing behaviors of Spanish-speaking children. Implications of the above concepts for literacy instruction for Spanish/English emerging bilinguals will also be presented.

Boundaries and Selves in the Making of 'Science'

epicpolicy — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:17:27 -0600

Publisher     Research in Science Education, 30(1)
Page Numbers    43-55
Summary    This chapter is about some practices of people actively engaged in what they call "science." The groups and actors described here, including the author, mean different things by "science," and do different things with it. Yet, in one way or another, all are at work regulating a normative boundary -- determining what counts as science and science education in contemporary U.S. society.

Changing the Scene: Improving the School Nutrition Environment

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:50:24 -0600

Source: Team Nutrition

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Team Nutrition is working to raise awareness at the local level and facilitate change to promote healthy school nutrition environments. Team Nutrition has developed an action kit, Changing the Scene-Improving the School Nutrition Environment. This kit can help those at the local level promote school environments that allow students to learn about and participate in healthy eating and physical activity. The kit is free to those interested in making changes at their local school or school district.

Charlotte (NC) Schools Weigh Opening Door to Corporate Naming Rights

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:00:59 -0600

This article discusses the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school proposal to sell corporate naming rights to classrooms and cafeterias.

Charter Schools

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:02:36 -0600

Author: Gerald Bracey

Charter schools enthusiasts have offered the hope that they would offer immediate and major improvements in education. The actual outcomes have been much more modest. The first of three briefing papers on polics important to the Fall 2000 elections and beyond.

http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/documents/cerai-00-26.htm

Colonizing Our Future: The Commercial Transformation of America's Schools

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:24:21 -0600

Institution: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Source: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Annual Conference, 2000

The text of the John Dewey Memorial Lecture delivered at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

http://epsl.asu.edu/ceru/Documents/cace-00-01.htm

Comments at Press Conference Protesting the Golden Marble Award Ceremony in New York City

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:33:15 -0600

Remarks by Professor Alex Molnar, director of the Education Policy Studies Laboratory at Arizona State University, protesting the "Golden Marble" award ceremony created to celebrate advertising to children.

Commercial Activities in Schools

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:48:45 -0600

Source: United States General Accounting Office

A report by United States General Accounting Office (GAO) to Congressional Requesters.

Commercialism is Rampant in Schools

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:54:21 -0600

Author: Phyllis Schlafly
Source: EagleForum.org

Schafly questions: "Is your child watching too much television? Eating too many junk foods and drinks instead of what's healthy? Nagging you to buy expensive sneakers? Too easily swayed by advertising? If so, why are the schools encouraging all those things?"

Commercialism@School.com

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:20:05 -0600

Institution: Arizona State University

The Third Annual Report on Trends In Schoolhouse Commercialism, Year 1999-2000, tracks corporate activity in American schools. This report was funded by Consumers Union.

Commercials as Curriculum

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:27:31 -0600

Authors: Alex Molnar and Jennifer Morales
Source: The Harvard Crimson Online

"The nation's schools, caught between stagnant education spending and advertisers' growing interest in the youth market, are suffering an unprecedented onslaught of commercial overtures."

Controversial Canadian Youth News Network Goes Off the Air Until January

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:04:59 -0600

An article describing the ban on the controversial Montreal-based youth news network for advertising more than teaching.

Defusing Environmental Education: An Evaluation of the Critique of the Environmental Education Movement

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:07:27 -0600

Institution: Lewis & Clark College Graduate School of Professional Studies

The growth of environmental education programs nationwide has been criticized – and in some places, blunted by restrictive state laws – by researchers who accuse such programs of bias against industry and for catastrophic interpretations of environmental threats. While some of the criticism can help the field improve, the leading critics weaken their case by focusing exclusively on texts without regard to what happens in the classroom. Moreover, the critics are frequently funded by sources that appear to have an ideological or commercial motiviation to minimize evidence of industrial damage to the environment.

http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/documents/cerai-00-11.htm

Faulty Predictions, Flawed Diagnosis: A Response to William Bennett's "The State and the Future of American Education"

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:32:02 -0600

Institution: Lewis and Clark College

A recently circulated speech by former Education Secretary William Bennett on "The State and Future of American Education" appears founded less on any close examination of the actual state of American schools than on a deep disregard for any form of public education at all.

http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/point_of_view_essays/cerai-00-15.htm

High-Stakes Testing

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:00:08 -0600

Author: Gerald Bracey

American policy-makers are turning to high-stakes tests to measure the performance of their schools. But fears that schools aren't measuring up aren't warranted by the data, and testing is actually hurting school curricula.

Invasion of the Classroom: How Corporations Buy Access to Children

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:56:56 -0600

Author: Derrick Jenson
Source: The Sun

An Interview with EPSL Director Alex Molnar of Arizona State University by Derrick Jensen of The Sun.

Looking for Funds in All the Wrong Places

epicpolicy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:16:06 -0600

Institution: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Professor Alex Molnar argues that "Exclusive Agreements And Incentive Programs may be doing more harm than good: One of the most disturbing trends is schools attempting to raise money by engaging in activities that undermine their curricular message and, in some instances, promote unhealthy student lifestyles."

http://epsl.asu.edu/ceru/Documents/cace-00-04.htm

Milwaukee Parental Choice Program

WorkStudy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:59:06 -0600

Author: Craig Bolon
Source: Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau

Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau report on the Parental Choice program in Milwaukee

Mrs. Clinton Calls for Bans on Ads for Preschoolers

WorkStudy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:41:43 -0600

Press Release from Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for U.S. Senate.

Navigating the politics of detracking

epicpolicy — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:36:25 -0600

Publisher Arlington Heights, IL: Skylight Publications
Summary The authors studied schools throughout the country that explored and implemented detracking. In this candidly written guide, they report the trials and tribulations to prepare for the challenges that detracking presents. Available online at http://www.idea.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/detracking/index.html.