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2012 Governors’ State of the State addresses: Education components of these addresses will be displayed within a few days of each address.

Read ECS' newest issue of Pre-K-3
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Kindergarten Entrance Ages: Highlights

2011-12 Federal Budget: Department of Education Overview

The Progress of Education Reform: Pre-K-12 Literacy
(See all issues of PER)

The Road to High-Quality Early Education

State Responses to the Increasing Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Appeal Processes -- State Teacher Evaluation Systems

Bullying and Open Enrollment

Check out the videos, PowerPoint presentations and handouts from the 2011 ECS National Forum on Education Policy.

The Progress of Education Reform: Civic Engagement through Digital Citizenship

This issue of The Progress of Education Reform includes a closer look at the characteristics of digital natives and provides a summary of research about digital natives' civic engagement habits and the implications of this research for education policy aimed at promoting digital citizenship for today’s youth. (Paul Baumann, ECS, February 2012)

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Advanced Placement
Diverse Questions About AP
Despite efforts to offer college-level courses to more high schoolers, new data show 80% of black graduates whose PSAT scores suggested they could have succeeded in an Advanced Placement courses never enrolled in the classes, according to a College Board report. That rate drops to about 40% for Asians and 60% for whites. The report provides state data on AP enrollment and test scores. (Inside Higher Ed, 02/09/12)

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High School Dropout Rate Decreased 1990 to 2009
"Between 1990 and 2009, the percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who were high school status dropouts (i.e., those who are not enrolled in high school and who lack a high school credential) decreased from 12 to 8%."

Source: Aud, S., KewalRamani, A., and Frohlich, L. (2011). America's Youth: Transitions to Adulthood (NCES 2012-026). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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