We are grateful to these top-notch researchers, and their organizations, whose work formed the foundation for the message students need to hear.
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| Title |
Author |
| America's Forgotten Middle Skill Jobs |
Harry Holzer, Robert Lerman |
| What's It Worth? The Economic Value of College Majors |
Anthony P. Carnevale, Jeff Strohl, Michelle Melton
|
| Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off |
The New York Times |
| The Undereducated America |
Anthony P. Carnevale and Steven J. Rose |
Help Wanted: Postsecondary
Education and Training Required |
Anthony P. Carnevale, Jeff Strohl, Nicole Smith |
Learning About Teaching:
Initial Findings from the Measures of Effective Teaching Project |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
Achieving the Possible:
What Americans Think About the College- and Career-Ready Agenda |
Achieve |
| Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018
|
Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith, Jeff Strohl
Georgetown University |
| Is the Brain Like a Muscle, Really? |
Po Bronson |
| Why the Apathy in American High
Schools? |
John H. Bishop
Cornell University |
The Impact of Homework Time on
Academic Achievement
|
Steven McMullen
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Foundations for Success: The Final Report of the
National Mathematics Advisory Panel
|
U.S. Department of Education |
| The Weak Case Against Homework |
Jay Matthews
Washington Post |
It’s Time to Tell the Kids:
If You Don’t Do Well in High School,
You Won’t Do Well in College (or on the Job). |
James E. Rosenbaum
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University |
Research Review:
What Research Says About the Value of Homework |
The Center for Public Education |
Key Lessons:
What Research Says About the Value of Homework |
The Center for Public Education |
| The Impact of Homework on
Student Achievement |
Daniel Henderson
Department of Economics
State University of New York at Binghamton |
| Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) |
Education Trust |
Closing the Graduation Gap:
Toward High Schools That Prepare All Students
for College, Work, and Citizenship |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Report on Key Practices and Policies of Consistently Higher Performing High Schools |
National High School Center |
| A Teacher Had A Question |
Uri Treisman
University of California-Berkeley |
America's Perfect Storm-Executive Summary
Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Future > |
Educational Testing Service (ETS) |
America's Perfect Storm-Full Report
Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Future
|
Educational Testing Service (ETS) |
| Tough Choices or Tough Times-The report of the new commission on the skills of the American workforce (Executive Summary) |
National Center on Education and the Economy. |
Answers in the Toolbox
Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns and
Bachelor’s Degree Attainment |
Clifford Adelman
U.S. Department of Education |
High School Preparation is the Best Predictor
of College Graduation |
American Educator |
| All Good Jobs Don’t Require a College Degree |
James E. Rosenbaum
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University |
The American Diploma Project
Ready or Not
Creating a High School Diploma That Counts |
Achieve, Inc.
Michael Cohen, President |
What Jobs Require:
Literacy, Education and Training 1946 - 2006 |
Anthony Carnevale
Education Testing Service |
| Orange Drink or Orange Juice |
Chrys Doherty, Lynn Mellor and Shuling Jian
National Center for Educational Accountability |
Mathematics and Future Opportunities
The Importance of Mathematics for College Entrance |
White Paper
U. S. Department of Education |
Standards for What?
The Economic Roots of K-16 Reform |
Anthony P. Carnevale and
Donna M. Desrochers
Education Testing Service |
