R&R: (Research & Reports)
Published: February 1, 2006
The Status of the Teaching Profession 2005
This report from the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning reveals a serious mal-distribution of teaching interns, with 85 percent of new teacher interns assigned to schools with more than 60 percent minority students.
Hopes, Fears, and Reality
This report on charter schools from the new National Charter School Research Project at the University of Washington features results from a national survey of state charter school offices and five essays that carefully and candidly examine controversial charter school issues.
Planning For California’s Future
The state’s population is growing, aging and becoming more diverse, says this report from the California Budget Project.
Blocked: Experiences of High
School Students Conducting Term Paper Research Using Filtered Internet Access This commentary from Teachers College Record suggests that a poorly administered filtering program can seriously hinder student Internet research in a high school library media center and cause significant frustration in students.