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21 Apr 2014
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Trading a Percentage of Tomorrow’s Pay for Today’s Tuition, Four Ways It Could Help

Last week, the Investing in Student Success Act was introduced to encourage the development of Income Share Agreements (ISAs). In this blog post, Tom Weko lists four ways ISAs could benefit the nation's college students.
Topic: 
Higher Education
19 Mar 2014
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Jane Coggshall

CAP/AIR Event Pushes for More Comprehensive Policies to Improve Equity in Education

Twelve years after federal policy first tried to chip away at the problem of unequal access to teacher quality through No Child Left Behind, the field continues to grapple with this complex issue. In this blog post, Jane Coggshall describes the highlights of a recent AIR event where experts discussed issues of inequality in education.
Topic: 
Education
19 Mar 2014
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My Brother’s Keeper: The Urgency of Now

Recent research shows that while the overall achievement gap between African-American and white males is narrowing, the rate of progress is glacial. In this blog post, Peter Cookson discusses the President's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative and what needs to be done to make it a success.
Topic: 
Education, District and School Improvement
13 Mar 2014
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Billions of Dollars Later – Are Our School (Buildings) Any Better?

How do the condition, design, and use of facilities affect student achievement, teacher quality, teacher retention, and community support? In this blog post, Mark Schneider notes that this is a critical issue that too few understand, and suggests we need to know much more about the condition of our school buildings and address those problems now.
Topic: 
Education, School Finance
13 Mar 2014
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The Disconnect Between Minority Students and STEM Careers

A recent ACT report offers new perspectives on the achievement gap between White and Asian students and their African-American, Hispanic, and Native American peers. In this blog post, Courtney Tanenbaum discusses how to address the fact that the academic achievement gap that exists in general for ethnically diverse students is even more pronounced among those interested in the STEM fields, and the importance of having a science identity.
Topic: 
Education, STEM
6 Mar 2014
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NCES Forecast: Degrees Increase and Women Predominate

Projections of Education Statistics to 2022, the 41st edition of NCES’ annual forecast of future trends in important education indicators, notes a number of education trends. In this blog post, Mark Schneider discusses two: the increasing number of associate’s and master’s degrees compared to bachelor's degrees, and the fact that more women continue to enroll in colleges and universities than men.
27 Feb 2014
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Jane Coggshall

Who Are Today’s Career and Technical Education Teachers?

Career and technical education teachers make up about 11 percent of all public high school teachers across the country. In this blog post, Jane Coggshall shares data and figures to give an overall picture of who they are.
26 Feb 2014
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CTE Teacher Evaluation: One Size Does Not Fit All

One size does not fit all when it comes to Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher evaluation. In this blog post, Jane Coggshall discusses the difficulty of evaluating CTE teachers based on student progress, the subject of recent research at AIR.
Topic: 
Education, College and Career Readiness
19 Feb 2014
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Catherine Jacques

Career and Technical Education Month: Developing and Supporting Great Teachers

More than 7 million high school and middle school students in Career and Technical Education programs—and their 140,000 teachers—are celebrating Career Technology Education Month in February. In this blog, Catherine Jacques describes the importance of these teachers, based on her recent research.
Topic: 
Education, College and Career Readiness
18 Feb 2014
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Three Takeaways on College Ratings from the PIRS Symposium

The Department of Education held a technical symposium last week to discuss what kind of data and analysis the federal government should use for President Obama’s accessibility, affordability, and outcomes rating for U.S. colleges. In this blog post, Andrew Gillen discusses the takeaways.
Topic: 
Higher Education

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