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- 1/1/08 - Annie E. Casey Foundation,
This 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. This year, the KIDS COUNT Data Book essay, “A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform,” looks at the nearly 100,000 youth confined to juvenile facilities on any given night in the United States, and what can be done to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate detention and incarceration and increase opportunities for positive youth... - 1/1/09 - Annie E. Casey Foundation,
The 20th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book profiles the well-being of America’s children on a state-by-state basis and ranks states on 10 key measures of child well-being. The Data Book essay calls for a “data revolution” that uses timely and reliable information to track the progress and improve the lives of vulnerable children. - 1/1/08 - Partnership for 21st Century Skills,
This guide summarizes the challenges and opportunities that, if left unaddressed, will curtail our competitiveness and diminish our standing in the world. - 1/1/10 - U.S. Department of Education,
"This blueprint builds on the significant reforms already made in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 around four areas: (1) Improving teacher and principal effectiveness to ensure that every classroom has a great teacher and every school has a great leader; (2) Providing information to families to help them evaluate and improve their children’s schools, and to educators to help them improve their students’ learning; (3) Implementing college- and career-ready... - 1/1/07 - Greer, M., Taylor, A., Mackey Andrews, S.D., The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
This paper summarizes the fiscal challenges that this legislation presents and proposes a framework for analyzing, adjusting, and maintaining a flexible and self-regulating finance system to support Part C early intervention services for infants and toddlers and their families. The framework design features four phases of work to help agencies understand the issues and make informed decisions for on-going development and support of a Part C finance system. - 1/1/10 - Lisa Guernsey, Sara Mead
"We, as a nation, are doing a very good job of squandering human potential and making life harder for all Americans as a result. This has to stop. If our government, at the local, state, and federal level, does not start investing in education systems that reach children before kindergarten, and if it does not get serious about providing children with high-quality instruction throughout the earliest years of their schooling, it is wasting taxpayer dollars, ignoring decades of research and... - 1/1/06 - Fagan, T.
This report describes problems with the way the funds under the No Child Left Behind Act are made available to schools identified for improvement. - 1/1/08 - The Federal Intreragency Forum on Child and Family Statistics,
Statistical data on children and families collected through the coordination and integration of 22 federal agencies. Indicators are organized into seven sections: Family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. - 1/1/07 - Kirsch, I., Braun, H., Yamamoto, K., Sum, A.
This report “looks at the convergence of three powerful sociological and economical forces that are changing our nation's future: (a) substantial disparities in skill levels (reading and math); (b) seismic economic changes (widening wage gaps); and (c) sweeping demographic changes (less education, lower skills). (The authors show that) there is little chance that economic opportunities will improve among key segments of our population if we follow our current path. To date, educational... - 1/1/10 - Raegen T. Miller, Cynthia G. Brown
"The Center for American Progress proposes in the paper that follows a new funding formula for ESEA Title I, Part A, also known as Title I-A, the largest elementary and secondary program operated by the Department of Education. The program provides school districts serving concentrations of low-income students with funding with the aim of enhancing these students’ educational experience. The formula needs revision because there is much confusion about the four distinct formulas in current... - 1/1/09 - First Focus,
"First Focus published Children’s Budget 2009 to inform policymakers, advocates, and the American public about the importance our government places on programs that aim to improve the well-being of American children. Issue areas touch on child health, education, housing, income support, child welfare, nutrition, and many more. Additionally, this year we have broken down investments in children that were provided in the economic recovery package, known as the American Reinvestment and... - 1/1/10 - Shannon Stagman, Janice L. Cooper
Mental health is a key component in a child’s healthy development; children need to be healthy in order to learn, grow, and lead productive lives. The mental health service delivery system in its current state does not sufficiently meet the needs of children and youth, and most who are in need of mental health services are not able to access them. With the addition of effective treatments, services, and supports, the mental health system can become better equipped to help children and... - Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center,
The Data Use for Continuous Quality Improvement web site is a part of the Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center and provides resources for states to help them reach No Child Left Behind goals. The website was created and is regularly updated by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) in partnership with WestEd, and supported by the United States Department of Education. - 1/1/08 - The Forum for Education and Democracy,
Prepared by Linda Darling-Hammond and George Wood, this report calls on the federal government to payoff the "education debt," invest in a new "Marshall Plan" for teachers and school leaders, support educational research and innovation, and engage and educate local communities. - 1/1/10 - Thomas D. Snyder, Sally A. Dillow
"In fall 2009, about 75.2 million people were enrolled in American schools and colleges (table 1). About 4.7 million people were employed as elementary and secondary school teachers or as college faculty, in full-time equivalents (FTE). Other professional, administrative, and support staff at educational institutions totaled 5.4 million. All data for 2009 in this Introduction are projected. Some data for other years are projected or estimated as noted. In discussions of historical trends... - 1/1/07 - Ahearn, E.
"This document begins with a background on ED’s development and implementation of a single repository for K-12 education data. It also includes a summary of interviews held with seven state special education directors and/or their IDEA data managers along with each state’s EDFacts coordinator to obtain information on the states’ submission of special education data via EDFacts. It closes with a section on observations and conclusions. This document was prepared by Project Forum at the...
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