Tuesday, September 28, 2010

DAILY DOZEN: EDUCATION IN AMERICA

Kudos to the networks of NBC for their focus on eduction with their special program feature, Education Nation. Here's a look a some of what you may have missed, some education information resources, along with other stories concerning education in America.



1. ED Data Express: View some of the important data that the U.S. Department of Education collects. [US Department Of Education]
2. Kids Count: Find data on over 100 measures of child well being. [Kids Count Data Center]
3. Achieve, Inc.: Working to raise states’ academic standards and strengthen accountability. [Achieve, Inc.]
4. CCSSI: Find out which states have adopted these standards. [Common Core State Standards Initiative]



5. Great Schools: Find data on 130,000 K-12 schools. [GreatSchools.com]
6. Score Card For Schools: Enter a school to see statistics. [MSNBC]
7. EEP: Working to close the achievement gap in public education. [Education Equality Project]
8. CCCRA: Engaging with policy leaders to help states, districts and schools better prepare all students for college. [Coalition for a College and Career Ready America]



9. CRO: Provides information about graduation rates for colleges and universities. [College Results Online]
10. CCA: Learn about the steps our country can take to increase college completion. [Complete College America]
11. The waiting for Superman is over. [The Huffington Post]
12. Reform American Education - Reform America? [Psychology Today]

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