Media Relations
Tuesday,
August 1,
2006
Evaluation and Education Policy Center
A new policy brief from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at the Indiana University School of Education examines the emergence of virtual education as a potentially viable public education tool. The report, "Promises and Pitfalls of Virtual Education in the United States and Indiana," recommends the development of clear guidelines and policies to allow virtual education to succeed and avoid possible litigation.
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Indiana's relatively new cohort-based high school graduation rate calculation is providing better data, which indicates its value to other states across the country. But the calculation reveals other issues that should be examined. The Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) in the IU School of Education has issued those conclusions in a new policy brief entitled "Calculating High School Graduation Rates."
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Local school districts and teacher preparation programs can do more to help, but more research is needed on issues surrounding the low numbers nationwide of men teaching in public schools, according to a new Education Policy Brief from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University.
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Celebrate Black History Month, explore the Supreme Court in two Patten Lectures by Martha Nussbaum and meet the daughter of ABC anchor Ted Koppel in this edition of Lecture Notes.
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The top lobbyist for "No Child Left Behind" policy for the National Education Association does not see much possibility of the law being renewed by Congress this year. Joel Packer, director of educational policy and practice for the NEA, speaks on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 3 p.m. in the Dogwood Room of the Indiana Memorial Union at Indiana University Bloomington.
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The results of the fifth annual Public Opinion Survey on K-12 Education in Indiana by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at the Indiana University School of Education find public attitudes are slightly down regarding the overall quality of schools in the state. The survey gauged the attitudes and perceptions of a representative sample of Hoosiers on key educational issues.
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