Many Graduates in L.A. Unified Still Not College-Ready, Harvard Study Finds
A new analysis of Los Angeles students finds that, while 59 percent of the Class of 2011 graduated on time, far fewer of those students were college-ready. Read Full Post >
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March 14, 2013
Nation's School Buildings In Bad Shape, Report Says
The U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools released a report earlier this week announcing that the nation's schools are facing $271 billion in deferred maintenance and calling for the federal government and states to collect more information about the state of their school buildings. Read Full Post >
November 09, 2012
Race and the Principal Pipeline
New research from Stanford explores the role of race in school principalship. Data shows that black teachers are more likely to be interested in becoming principals than their white peers. Read Full Post >
August 30, 2012
Charting the Flow of Students to Favored School Districts
A real estate website used census data to track popular and unpopular school districts around the country. Read Full Post >
July 16, 2012
Ed. Department Outlines Plans to Avoid Faulty Data Collection
The agency that collects education statistics plans to implement new checking procedures to catch unusual outliers in the data. Read Full Post >
May 11, 2012
Faulty Data Leads to Mix-Up in High School Rankings
The U.S. News and World Report rankings of the nation's best high schools used faulty state and federal information in its calculations for at least one school, officials acknowledged. Read Full Post >
April 23, 2012
How Central Office Staff Can Support Principal Leadership
A research study of three urban districts outlines some qualities that lead to effective partnerships between principals and their coaches at the central office. Read Full Post >
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