Stay abreast of the latest education research with these recent reports and studies.
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2009. National Center for Educational Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 2009), http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010012.pdf. This annual report looks at crime and safety statistics from schools around the United States.
Informing Mathematics Grades 1–6 Standards Development: What Can Be Learned From High-Performing Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore? American Institutes for Research. (December 2009),http://www.air.org/news/documents/MathStandards.pdf. With policy changes coming and an unprecedented amount of funding, this paper looks at what we can learn from countries that have high math scores.
The Teaching of American History: Promise and Performance. Lexington Institute. (December 2009),http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/the-teaching-of-american-history-promise-and-performance?a=1&c=1136. This study concludes there is an alarming de-emphasis on U.S. history in schools that has led to a large percentage of students failing to have a basic knowledge of U.S. historical facts.
