In this new Education Update feature, we will be bringing you links to some recent education research reports to keep you informed about the latest studies and new data.
- <LINK URL="http://www.nctq.org/stpy08/reports/stpy_national.pdf">State Teacher Policy Yearbook: What States Can Do To Retain Effective New Teachers</LINK>. National Council on Teacher Quality (February 2009).This report looks at different strategies schools can use to retain high-quality educators.
- "<LINK URL="http://www.adajournal.org/article/S0002-8223(08)02061-0/fulltext">The Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study: Findings and Policy Implications for Improving the Health of U.S. Children</LINK>."Journal of the American Dietetic Association(February 2009).This study suggests cutting more fats and calories out of school lunches.
- <LINK URL="http://www.mcgrc.com/EEWW.html">Evaluation of the Educational Effectiveness of the WordWorld™ Television Series on the Early Literacy Learning of Children in Pre-K Classrooms</LINK>. The Michael Cohen Group (2009).This study suggests that the television seriesWordWorld helps improve young children's reading and literacy skills.
- "<LINK URL="http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/teacher_retirement_benefits.html">Teacher Retirement Benefits</LINK>." Education Next (Spring 2009).This article, published in Education Next, the journal of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, concludes that teachers' retirement benefits are higher than those of many other professionals.
