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Core Principles for Transforming Remedial Education: A Joint Statement (also read the press release)

Jeremy Anderson Named President of Education Commission of the States (press release)

Education-Related Ballot Measures: 2012

2012 Gubernatorial Elections:
Outcomes and Education Priorities

NCLC Schools of Success Network Shows that Service-Learning Quality Matters

Vouchers, Scholarship Tax Credits, and Individual Tax Credits and Deductions

A Problem Still in Search of a Solution: A State Policy Roadmap for Improving Early Reading Proficiency

Tuition-Setting Authority for Public Colleges and Universities

The Progress of Education Reform: Producing Quality Credentials

Check out the videos, PowerPoint presentations and handouts from the 2012 ECS National Forum on Education Policy.

2011 ECS Annual Report

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Teacher Expectations of Students
This issue of The Progress of Education Reform provides a review of the research on the relationship between teacher expectations and student achievement. It also explores how policy can be used to improve how schools are evaluating for, monitoring, and providing training to teachers on the potential negative effects of fixed teacher expectations. (Emily Workman, ECS, Dec. 2012)

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Value of College Degree
Analysis Adds to Data Showing the Economic Benefits of a College Degree
A State Higher Education Executive Officers report offers further evidence of the value of a college degree in terms of future earnings potential. Americans who complete a bachelor’s degree have a median income of $50,360, compared with a median of $29,423 for people with only a high-school diploma. The report provides national and state-level data on the wage premiums associated with degree attainment. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/19/12)

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