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Posted March 26, 2007 October 2006 - Racial and ethnic disparities in children’s mental health - Children from minority families are one-third to one-half as likely to receive mental health care as white youth. This briefing outlines some contributing factors and steps that can be taken to help reduce disparities, Wilder Research Center. March 2007 - Overview of homelessness in Minnesota 2006 - Key facts from the statewide survey, Wilder Research. Posted March 19, 2007 March 2007 - Early Childhood Indicators of Progress: Minnesota’s Early Learning Guidelines for Birth to 3, Minnesota Departments of Human Services and Health. August 2006 - Early Care and Education in Minnesota: A Wise Investment - A Guide for Policy Makers, Ready 4 K. Posted March 18, 2007 August 2006 - Did You Know? (Windows Media Player) - Prepared by a Colorado high school teacher to stimulate faculty thinking about the future they are preparing students for, The Fischbowl (a staff development blog for Arapahoe High School, Littleton, Colorado). Posted March 12, 2007 January 2007 - The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do - The need to address significant inequalities in opportunity, beginning in the earliest years of life, is both a fundamental moral responsibility and a critical investment in our nation’s social and economic future, National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. June 2006 - Building Connections: Six State Case Studies of Early Childhood System Building at the State and Local Levels (Minnesota at page 17), Build Initiative. Posted March 8, 2007 Task Force Report on the Education of Maryland’s African-American Males - Placed here because the report identifies both school-based and community-based strategies for improvement. The report also clearly identifies which state agencies and local units of government are responsible for each strategy. The task force was convened by the Maryland K-16 Leadership Council, the steering committee for the Maryland K-16 Partnership for Teaching and Learning. What's frustrating is we don't see this kind of thoughtful leadership in Minnesota. Posted March 7, 2007 November 2006 - The Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity 2005 2006 - Assesses the performance of the Minnesota Legislature and the governor during the 2005–2006 biennium on policies that address and strengthen racial equity and opportunity in the state, Organizing Apprenticeship Project. Posted March 2, 2007 Winter 2006 - Getting Ruby a Quality Public Education: Forty-Two Years of Building the Demand for Quality Public Schools through Parental and Public Involvement, Public Education Network. June 2005 - A Guide to Public Engagement and School Finance Litigation - A Primer on Education Finance Policy, Public Education Network. Posted March 1, 2007 January 2007 - America's Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Future - Three converging forces are putting our nation at risk: inadequate literacy skills, a changing economy and a diverse population and workforce, Educational Testing Service Policy Evaluation and Research Center. Posted February 27, 2007 February 2007 - Minnesota Measures - Shows a variety of results on 18 preliminary measures identified as important to the state, Minnesota Office of Higher Education (Press Release). Posted February 24, 2007 February 2005 - Life After High School: Young People Talk about Their Hopes and Prospects - Go to College? Get a Job? How Young African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Whites Make Decisions About What to Do After High School, Public Agenda (Press Release). January 2007 - A Child’s Day: 2003 - Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being, U.S. Census Bureau (Public Agenda Report Summary). Posted February 21, 2007 February 2007 - Child poverty in perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries - The most comprehensive assessment to date of the lives and well-being of children and adolescents in the economically advanced nations. The United Kingdom and the United States find themselves in the bottom third of the rankings for five of the six dimensions reviewed, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (Press Release). Among 20 OECD nations, the United States ranked:
at About the Issues > Achievement Gap > Children's Well-Being > International Comparisons Posted February 20, 2007 February 2007 - Policy Matters Index of State Policy Changes: Minnesota - State policy changes affecting opportunities for children and families, Center for the Study of Social Policy. Posted February 15, 2007 September 2006 - Minnesota Education Trends, 2000 to 2005 - Elementary enrollments declining, diversifying; high school graduation rates rise slightly, gaps in graduation rates by race and ethnicity remain large, Minnesota State Demographic Center. March 2006 - The Arts: A Driving Force in Minnesota's Economy - Provides detailed data on the economic impact of the arts and culture in Minnesota, Forum of Regional Arts Councils and Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. (Posted here because it begs the question as to why we're constraining the curriculum. See What we measure really matters and Arts Education Consortium of Minnesota.) Posted February 7, 2007 September 2006 - Comparing High School Graduation and College Admission Requirements, Minnesota House Research Department. Posted February 3, 2007 March 2006 - Score wars: Comparing the National Assessment of Educational Progress with state assessments - Are state standards too low? Are NAEP standards too high?, Center for Public Education. Posted January 22, 2007 February 2005 - Prepared remarks by Bill Gates, co-chair, National Education Summit on High Schools. Posted January 11, 2007 October 2006 - Key Practices and Policies of Consistently Higher Performing High Schools, National High School Center. August 2006 - Nonwhite and Latino Populations in Minnesota Continue to Grow Rapidly - Between 2000 and 2005 the nonwhite and Latino population grew 21 percent, far faster than the 2 percent increase for the white alone, not Latino population. Minority growth accounted for 62 percent of the total gain in population during the first five years of this decade, Minnesota State Demographic Center. March 2006 - Tackling the achievement gap head on, Wilder Foundation. (Full Report) (Summary) Posted January 10, 2007 December 2006 - Tough Choices or Tough Times (Executive Summary) - Recommendations from the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, National Center on Education and the Economy. Posted January 6, 2007 October 2006 - The 16th Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education - When political considerations define the agenda for or shape the findings of research, the results can seem frustrating or silly — but often the losers are students and teachers, Phil Delta Kappan. Posted January 5, 2007 December 2006 - Every Child Every Promise - Two-Thirds of Youth Still Are Not Getting Resources Needed to Succeed, America's Promise Alliance (Full Report). June 2006 - U.S. Student and Adult Performance on International Assessments of Educational Achievement - Findings from The Condition of Education 2006, National Center for Education Statistics. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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