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| Learn about significant developments and upcoming events within the National Center on Education and the Economy. And read the latest press coverage of NCEE. |
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| December 11, 2006 |
| NCEE's Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce cited in TIME magazine cover story |
| In a TIME article on How to Bring Our Schools Out of... |
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| July 21, 2005 |
| NCEE Launches National Institute to Upgrade Skills & Knowledge of U.S. School Principals; Massachusetts Will Be First State to Use National Program to Train All Principals Statewide |
NISL Will Partner With Universities Nationwide to Offer Ph.D. in Educational Leadership
Former Jacksonville Superintendent, Air... |
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| December 20, 2004 |
| CBS News Highlights America's Choice Ramp-Up Program As Solution to Struggling High School Readers |
| (Washington, DC) The CBS Evening News featured the America's Choice Ramp-Up to Advanced Literacy program in a December 19, 2004, segment... |
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| November 17, 2004 |
| National Center Launches Subsidiary to Serve More Students |
| The National Center on Education and the Economy announced today that it has reorganized its highly regarded America's Choice school-improvement... |
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| October 25, 2004 |
| U.S. Department of Education Features America's Choice School-Improvement Program |
The Education Innovator, U.S. Department of Education, "America's Choice Lifts Students to Reach the Achievement Bar"
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| October 13, 2004 |
| Education Week Profiles America's Choice Successes in Mississippi |
| Staff writer Alan Richard profiles the work of the America's Choice school-improvement program in Mississippi in a front-page story in Education... |
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| October 13, 2004 |
| America's Choice Literacy Program Lifts Kentucky School |
Kentucky Teacher, "Great things come from small school district" by Joy Barr
The old adage about "good things coming in... |
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| September 17, 2004 |
| Education Daily Features NCEE, President Marc Tucker |
| Education Daily reporter Katherine Shek profiled NCEE and its president, Marc Tucker, in a lengthy front-page story today. The article... |
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| July 20, 2004 |
| Education Publication Lauds Performance of Americaís Choice Program |
| Education Daily, a publication that covers elementary and secondary education nationally, highlighted the value of the America's Choice... |
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| July 7, 2004 |
| America's Choice School Design To Be Featured at Capitol Hill Event |
| A leading university research team will present a new study documenting the success of the America's Choice School Design, one of the nation's... |
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| May 4, 2004 |
| Anthony Carnevale, Authority on Workforce Training, Joins the National Center on Education and the Economy |
| Anthony Carnevale, one of the nation's leading authorities on education, training and employment, has joined the National Center on Education and... |
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| April 21, 2004 |
| America's Choice School Design Praised in Education Week Profile |
| Researchers and education policymakers praised the America's Choice School Design in a full-page feature on the program published in the April 21,... |
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| April 12, 2004 |
| Report Documents Impressive Performance of America's Choice School Design |
| A new report documents outstanding student-achievement gains by the America's Choice School Design (ACSD), one of the nation's largest comprehensive... |
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| March 11, 2004 |
| America's Choice High School Wins National Award |
| The National Association of Secondary School Principals this month honored Bell Multicultural Senior High School in Washington, DC, for its success... |
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| March 5, 2004 |
| States Not Prepared for Demands of No Child Left Behind Law, NCEE Officials Write |
| NCEE President Marc Tucker and Thomas Toch, director of the NCEE Policy Forums program, argue in the March issue of The Washington Monthly... |
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| February 1, 2004 |
| 1,200 Educators Attend America's Choice National Conference |
| Wide-ranging discussions of school-improvement strategies highlighted the 2004 AmericaÌs Choice National Conference at the Renaissance Hollywood... |
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| January 16, 2004 |
| America's Choice Students Shine in Rochester, NY |
| A new study by researchers from the highly regarded Consortium for Policy Research in Education reports that students in Rochester schools that have... |
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| December 28, 2003 |
| Newspaper Profiles Success of America's Choice School in Hawaii |
| At Honowai Elementary School "tests scores keep going up," writes the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in a long profile of a once-struggling Hawaii... |
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| November 1, 2003 |
| New York School Boards Association Highlights NCEE Initiatives |
| The New York State School Boards Association highlights the school reform efforts of the National Center on Education and the Economy in a 30-minute... |
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| October 24, 2003 |
| NCEE's Ray Uhalde Co-Authors National Workforce Education and Training Strategy |
| Demographers are projecting severe shortages of skilled workers in the coming years. To help meet this challenge, Ray Uhalde, co-director of NCEE's... |
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| October 10, 2003 |
| NCEE President Calls for New System To Select, Train School Leaders |
| Writing in the Fall 2003 issues of Education Next, NCEE President Marc S. Tucker calls for a performance-based system of licensing public... |
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| October 7, 2003 |
| America's Choice School Design Expands Presence in Rochester, NY |
| The Rochester public school system has increased from 23 to 29 the number of schools that are using NCEE's America's Choice School Design to raise... |
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| October 6, 2003 |
| NCEE President Lauded in New York Magazine |
| New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein, in an extended profile of the chancellor's ambitious school reform effort in the October 6 issue of... |
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| October 1, 2003 |
| Second NCEE Policy Forum Addresses High School Reform |
| On September 29, 2003, NCEE brought together leading educators, government officials, and scholars at a day-long policy forum in Washington, DC, to... |
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| September 23, 2003 |
| NCEE Staffer Discusses Small High Schools Movement at Newsweek.com |
| Thomas Toch, the director of NCEE Policy Forums, discusses his new book, High Schools on a Human Scale, in an extended interview with... |
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| September 15, 2003 |
| 40 Mississippi Schools Embrace NCEE's America's Choice School Design |
| Forty Mississippi schools identified as "needing improvement" under the Federal No Child Left Behind Act have selected NCEE's America's... |
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| September 10, 2003 |
| NCEE Completes Ambitious Summer |
| NCEE regional staff this summer successfully trained some 1,300 New York City public school teachers and administrators in the use of an innovative... |
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| August 27, 2003 |
| NCEE Policy Forum To Address High School Reform |
| NCEE and the National Governors Association are bringing together elected officials, leading educators, and top scholars on September 29th in... |
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| July 1, 2003 |
| The Principal Challenge called 'a seminal document' |
| Writing in the Spring 2003 issue of Education Analyst, a publication of the Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education, reviewer... |
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| May 16, 2003 |
| "Divide and Conquer," Argues NCEE Writer-in-Residence Toch |
| In an article in the May, 2003 issue of the Washington Monthly, NCEE staffer Thomas Toch makes a case for breaking the nation's large,... |
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| April 14, 2003 |
| Inaugural NCEE Policy Forum Focuses on No Child Left Behind Act |
| NCEE held its Policy Forum program in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2003, bringing together leading educators and policymakers for a day-long event at... |
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| April 14, 2003 |
| Washington Post Lauds New Book by NCEE Staffer |
| Writing in the March 25, 2003 edition of washingtonpost.com, Washington Post education columnist Jay Matthews called a new book on high... |
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| March 21, 2003 |
| America's Choice High School Wins National Recognition |
| Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, DC, which has implemented significant reforms in recent years using the America's Choice School... |
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| March 5, 2003 |
| Education Week Commentary Praises ACSD |
| Robert Slavin, the co-director of the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk, and the founder and president of the Success... |
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| March 1, 2003 |
| Study Links Student Achievement to America's Choice School Design |
| Philadelphia, PA—Students of teachers who more fully implemented the America's Choice Comprehensive School Reform Model learned more than did... |
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| February 13, 2003 |
| NCEE Vice President Featured in USA Today, New Book |
USA Today, "Time out for school sports? Some educators say games should be sidelined in favor of academics" by Greg Toppo
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| February 13, 2003 |
| NCEE Vice President Featured in USA Today, New Book |
USA Today, "Time out for school sports? Some educators say games should be sidelined in favor of academics" by Greg Toppo
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| January 8, 2003 |
| Press Coverage of the National Institute for School Leadership |
Education Week, "Institute to Help Principals Meet New Challenges" by Karla Scoon Reid
California's outgoing superintendent... |
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| December 27, 2002 |
| NCEE President Marc Tucker on School Leadership |
New York Daily News, "Principals key, and Klein knows it," by Marc Tucker
The challenge our school system faces now is how to... |
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| December 16, 2002 |
| America's Choice School Design Raises Test Scores, Evaluation Says |
| Washington, DC—Students in elementary and middle schools using the America's Choice School Design in Duval County, Fla., after two years... |
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| December 16, 2002 |
| Delaine Eastin, California's top educator, to head NCEE's National Institute for School Leadership |
| Delaine Eastin, California's Superintendent of Public Instruction, has been named executive director of the National Institute for School Leadership... |
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| October 15, 2002 |
| Larry Molinaro Named Director of NCEE's National College |
| Larry Molinaro has joined NCEE as the Director of the National College. He has created and managed new ventures and projects in both for-profit and... |
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| September 1, 2002 |
| Jossey-Bass Publishes The Principal Challenge, edited by Marc S. Tucker and Judy B. Codding |
A Blueprint for Developing Tomorrow's School Leaders
Based on two years of research supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Broad... |
