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November 1, 2010
Vol. 52
No. 11

Mining the Research

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      Stay abreast of the latest education research and studies with these recently released reports.
      • <LINK URL="http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&amp;id=2010-17955-009">Children's early approaches to learning and academic trajectories through fifth grade</LINK>. Developmental Psychology. (September 2010). This study looks at the benefits of early education.
      • <LINK URL="http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ged/pubs/CrossingTheBridgeReport2010.pdf">Crossing the Bridge: GED Credentials and Postsecondary Outcomes</LINK> (PDF). The American Council on Education. (April 2010). This recently released study concludes that 43 percent of people who secure a GED enrolled in some type of college level course within six years.
      • <LINK URL="http://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/downloads/publication/Suspended_Education.pdf">Suspended Education: Urban Middle Schools in Crisis</LINK> (PDF). Southern Poverty Law Center. (September 2010). This report finds that black and Latino middle school students have a much higher suspension rate than that of their white peers.
      • <LINK URL="http://www.massinsight.org/publications/stg-resources/114/file/1/pubs/2010/09/01/STG_District_Turnaround_Office_August_2010.pdf">The District Turnaround Office: A comprehensive support structure for struggling schools</LINK> (PDF). Mass Insight Education. (August 2010). This report explains how a District Turnaround Office (DTO) functions and offers evidence on how these offices can help organize and help struggling school districts.

      Matthew Swift is a former contributor to ASCD.

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