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September 24, 2011
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- Save Our Schools March: United for high-quality public education
Community leaders, parents, students and educators from across the nation -- including advocates with the United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries, Linda Darling-Hammond and actor Matt Damon -- joined forces July 30 in Washington, D.C., to push for greater federal accountability in the effort to save our country's schools and restore our public education system to its former world-class status. Read more>
- Pedro Noguera: Texas-style discipline puts suspension first
Too many people may want to ignore the hard reality in the recently released Texas school discipline data -- and the all too similar picture in other states. But across the country groups like the Alliance for Educational Justice, Dignity in Schools Campaign, and Advancement Project are organizing to build public will for action. Pedro A. Noguera, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education at New York University, draws attention to the damaging effects of school-to-prison pipelines in this Huffington Post blog. Read more>
- VOYCE: The high price of zero tolerance
In addition to being ineffective, zero tolerance is expensive, according to research that the student-led Voices of Youth in Chicago Education recently conducted. For instance, VOYCE found that in 2011 Chicago Public Schools spent $51.4 million on security guards but only $3.5 million on college coaches. Spendingmore money on school-based police officers, metal detectors, and surveillance cameras only prevents the system from investing money on social services that would actually benefit the mental health and engagement of students. Read more>
- School vouchers have little effect on student achievement
The Center on Education Policy reviewed a decade of voucher research and found no positive impact on student academic achievement, as well as mixed outcomes overall for students who attend private schools using vouchers. In its new report, CEP also summarizes current publicly funded voucher programs and reflects on voucher policies since 2000. Read the full report here and find additional OTL resources on this topic >
| RESOURCES |
- An evaluation of NYC's Schoolwide Performance Bonuses Program
This report analyzes the effectiveness of the Schoolwide Performance Bonuses Program, which is an effort to improve student performance through school-based financial incentives. The three-year study, which found that the program did little to improve student achievement, examined student test scores; teacher, school staff, and administrator surveys; and interviews with administrators, staff members, program sponsors, and union and district officials. Read more>
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