Reports from Conference: (Click Titles for PDF)
Daniel Losen, Gary Orfield, Robert Balfanz
Editorial Projects in Education Research Center
Christopher B. Swanson, Director
Judy Radigan
Angela Valenzuela, Edward J. Fuller, Julian Vasquez Heilig
Powerpoint slides from presentations:An International Perspective on Causes, Costs, and Consequences
Linda Darling-Hammond
Eileen Coppola
Stephen L. Klineberg
Prepared for legislative briefing for the Texas House of Representatives, January 23, 2007
Research materials from conference presenters will be posted as received.
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http://centerforeducation.rice.edu/ |
The Center strives to improve K through 12 education by:
- conducting and disseminating research on instruction and educational policy, with the goal of influencing local, and national educational reform;
- supporting meaningful, equitable education for all students through developing research-based projects to enhance teaching and learning;
- establishing and strengthening links between business, community leaders, artists, writers, scientists, university scholars, and school professionals;
- building networks of teacher and educational leaders; providing a base for policy discussions, and serving as a catalyst for broad, systemic, lasting improvements public schools.
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http://www.childrenatrisk.org/ |
Through its research and advocacy programs, CHILDREN AT RISK is a well-known leader in understanding the health, safety and economic indicators impacting children, and educating public policy makers in their importance of improving the lives of children. CHILDREN AT RISK improves the quality of life of Greater Houston's children through strategic research, public policy analysis, education, collaboration and advocacy. |
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http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu |
The Civil Rights Project (CRP) is a leading organization devoted to civil rights research. It has found eager collaborators among researchers nationwide, and wide open doors among advocacy organizations, policymakers and journalists. |
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http://www.edweek.org/rc/index.html |
Education Week's Research Center is the research division of Editorial Projects in Education. The Research Center conducts annual policy surveys and collects data for the Quality Counts and Technology Counts annual reports, and the Education Counts online database. It also contributes research and data to special reports in Education Week, Teacher Magazine, and edweek.org. |
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http://TexasEdEquity.blogspot.com |
This blog on Texas education contains posts on accountability, testing, dropouts, bilingual education, immigration, school finance, race, class, and gender issues with additional focus at the national level. This blog reflects University of Texas Professor Angela Valenzuela's work as a scholar and researcher of Texas education policy and politics. |
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http://www.idra.org |
The Intercultural Development Research Association is an independent, private non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening public schools to work for all children. |
http://www.idra.org/Research/Attrition/
http://www.idra.org/School_Holding_Power/
http://www.idra.org/Podcasts/ |
IDRA Attrition and Dropout Rates in Texas
Learn More about School Holding Power
IDRA Classnotes Podcast |
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http://www.lulac.org |
The Mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States. |
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http://www.maldef.org |
MALDEF's mission is to foster sound public policies, laws and programs to safeguard the civil rights of the 40 million Latinos living in the United States and to empower the Latino community to fully participate in our society. |
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http://www.naacp.org |
The mission of NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. |
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http://www.fairtest.org |
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest)works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. |
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http://www.nea.org |
The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA's 3.2 million members work at every level of education—from pre-school to university graduate programs. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States. |
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http://www.rethinkingschools.org |
Rethinking Schools is a nationally prominent publisher of educational materials, with subscribers in all 50 states, all 10 Canadian provinces, and many other countries. Most importantly, it remains firmly committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy. While writing for a broad audience, Rethinking Schools emphasizes problems facing urban schools, particularly issues of race. |
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http://www.schoolredesign.net |
SRN’s mission is to help create, support and sustain equitable schools that are intellectually rigorous, high performing and provide all students with the opportunity to acquire the skills needed for college and to meet the workforce demands of the 21st century. |
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www.gradgap.org |
This Web is a resource for everyone interested transforming our nation’s high schools so that all students graduate prepared to succeed in college, career and civic life. Its goal is to provide the best data available on the size, scope, location, and characteristics of the Graduation Gap-the difference between existing graduation rates and skill levels in the nation’s high schools and those needed to meet the economic and social challenges of the 21st Century. For more information, contact Bob Balfanz. |
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Locating the dropout crisis
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/tdhs/rsch/Locating_Dropouts.pdf
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Balfanz, R., & Legters, N. (2004)
Center for Social Organization of Schools, John Hopkins University |
Our impoverished view of educational reform
http://www.tcrecord.org.
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Berliner, D. C. (2005)
Teachers College Record |
The silent epidemic: Perspectives of high school dropouts
http://www.civicenterprises.net/pdfs/thesilentepidemic3-06.pdf
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Bridgeland, J. M., Dilulo, J. J., & Morison, K. B. (2006)
Civic Enterprises |
Redesigning schools: What matters and what works -
10 features of good small schools
http://www.schoolredesign.com/srn/binary/SchoolsBook.pdf |
Darling-Hammond, L. Alexander, M., & Prince, D. (2002)
School Redesign Network at Stanford University |
The high cost of dropping out: How many? How come?
http://www.cppp.org/files/10/TKC_Report(S)%20-%20FINAL.pdf
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Deviney, F. (2006)
The Center for Public Policy Priorities |
The higher dropout rate of foreign-born teens:
The role of schooling abroad
http://www.pewhispanic.org |
Fry, R. (2005)
The Pew Hispanic Center |
The education pipeline in the United States, 1997-2000
http://www.bc.edu/research/nbetpp/statements/nbr3.pdf
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Haney, W., Madaus, L., Abrams, L. Wheelock, A., Mico, J., & Gruia, I. (2004)
The National Board on Educational Public Testing and Public Policy, Boston College University |
Texas school holding power improves – but progress is
slow: Texas public school attrition study, 2003-04
http://www.idra.org/attrition/schoolhp.htm |
Johnson, Roy L. (2004)
The Intercultural Development Research Association |
Cellblocks or classrooms? The funding of higher education and corrections and its impact on African American men
http://www.justicepolicy.org/reports/coc.pdf |
Justice Policy Institute. (2002) |
Losing our future: How minority youth are being left behind by the graduation rate crisis
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/
dropouts/dropouts04.php
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Orfield, G., Losen, J., Wald, C., & Swanson, B. (2004)
The Harvard Civil Rights Project |
Reframing Dropouts: The Complexity of Urban Life Intersects with Current School Policy
http://centerforeducation.rice.edu/Research/Reframin.pdf
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Radigan, J. (2006)
Rice University Center for Education |
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