Briefings are summaries and analyses of published articles, reports, monographs, and books. Each addresses an educational issue.
Title & Issue
|
Vol. |
No. |
Date |
Engaging Minds: Motivation & Learning in America's Public Schools (Book)
Only 25% of public school students are making a serious effort to learn? |
4 |
10 |
October 2004 |
Teaching Skill Under Scrutiny (article)
Are teachers no more effective in the classroom than people off of the street? |
4 |
9 |
September 2004 |
The Free and Happy Student" (1973) by B. F. Skinner
How eliminating punishment undermined teaching and what teachers can do about it. |
4 |
8 |
August 2004 |
Three-year-old's Traits Predict Personality at Age 26. (study)
Childhood traits persist into adulthood, so shouldn't the DAP laws change? |
4 |
7 |
July 2004 |
Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed (study)
Why the Goldhaber & Anthony study undermines the case for NBPTS certification. |
4 |
6 |
June 2004 |
How to Build a Better Teacher (book)
Why teacher training isn't working and how competition can improve it. |
4 |
5 |
May 2004 |
Grading, Grade Inflation, and Learning in Elementary Schools (article)
The grading that we need and why we don't have it. |
4 |
4 |
April 2004 |
Politics of Head Start advocacy (article)
How Head Start has survived and why it resists change |
4 |
3 |
March 2004 |
The Real Value of Teachers & TVAAS (monograph)
The importance of value-added achievement data to educational improvement |
4 |
2 |
February 2004 |
Reform of and by the System: A Case Study (article)
How bureaucracy can turn reform legislation to its own agenda |
4 |
1 |
January 2004 |
Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students' Motivation to Learn (report)
Where are the new ideas? |
3 |
12 |
December 2003 |
Preparing Teachers: Are American Schools of Education up to the Task? (article)
Exactly what is being taught in America's teacher training programs? |
3 |
11 |
November 2003 |
Do Students Have Too Much Homework? (report)
Are students overworked because of accountability pressures? |
3 |
10 |
October 2003 |
Reflections on Class Size and Teacher Quality (article)
Is class size reduction worth the money? |
3 |
4 |
April 2003 |
Teacher Reform Gone Astray (chapter)
Finn says Nation at Risk hijacked |
3 |
3 |
March 2003 |
Shifting Images of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (article)
Nation's largest accreditor tries to step away from fad and its consequences |
2 |
12 |
December 2002 |
Bringing Evidence-Driven Progress to Education, A Recommended Strategy for the U. S. Department of Education (report)
Improved achievement will require evidence-based practice, not more theory |
2 |
11 |
November 2002 |
Preventing Reading Failure (report)
Do we need more research or watchdogs that bark? |
2 |
9 |
September 2002 |
Meeting the Highly Qualified Teachers Challenge (report)
Paige suggests pedagogy training should be condition of employment, not certification. |
2 |
7 |
July 2002 |
Evolution of New American Schools (report)
How reform becomes a rehash |
2 |
6 |
June 2002 |
Value-Added Gains of NBPTS-Certified Teachers (article)
Do NBPTS-Certified teachers produce exceptional student gains? |
2 |
5 |
May 2002 |
How Science Informs Reading Instruction? (article)
What does science say about how reading should be taught? |
2 |
4 |
April 2002 |
Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Educational Testing (article)
Are the benefits of school testing worth the costs? |
2 |
2 |
February 2002 |
Court-ordered Spending Brings More of the Same (article)
Why "funding adequacy" decisions are not improving schooling |
2 |
1 |
January 2002 |
Teacher Certification Reconsidered: Stumbling for Quality (report)
The controversy over teacher certification research |
1 |
12 |
December 2001 |
Why students in some countries do better (article)
Cost-effectiveness of U. S. schools |
1 |
11 |
November 2001 |
Home Environments for Learining (book)
Do American students study enough? |
1 |
10 |
October 2001 |
Rethinking Special Education (report)
Can special education be reformed? |
1 |
9 |
September 2001 |
Schoolbook Simplification and Its Relation to the Decline in SAT-Verbal Scores (article)
Are today's schoolbooks easier and has education been affected?. |
1 |
8 |
August 2001 |
Professionalism and the Public Good: A Brief History of Teacher Certification (Monograph)
Has public regulation of teaching assured quality? |
1 |
7 |
July 2001 |
Parents and Schools: The 150-Year Struggle for Control in American Education (book)
Do public schools seek to fulfill parents' aims? |
1 |
6 |
June 2001 |
Direct Instruction and the Teaching of Early Reading, Wisconsin's Teacher-Led Insurgency (report)
Do teacher's colleges emphasize proven teaching methods? |
1 |
5 |
May 2001 |
Facing the Classroom Challenge (report)
Are California teachers taught to stress social idealism instead of learning? Yes. |
1 |
4 |
Apr. 2001 |
Teacher Evaluation & Student Achievement (monograph)
Is there a fair way to evaluate how much a teacher's students achieve? |
1 |
3 |
Mar. 2001 |
Follow through: Why didn't we? (article)
Are proven teaching methods already available? |
1 |
2 |
Feb. 2001 |
Aligning teacher training with public policy (article)
Are teachers trained to produce student achievement? |
1 |
1 |
Jan. 2001 |
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