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Innovative Programs

This series of articles from The Leadership Conference Education Fund examines innovative education reform programs.

Higher Achievement Program: Intellectual Capacities Built through Effort - 06/14/06
High School Reforms: Higher Standards for Better Outcomes - 04/05/06
Using Child Development as the Cornerstone of Academic Success - 03/22/06
A Court-Ordered Framework for Educational Advocacy - 03/15/06
National Evaluation Helps Set the Standard for Teach for America - 03/01/06
George I. Sanchez Charter High School - 02/22/06
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) - 02/15/06
Merck Institute for Science Education (MISE) - 02/08/06
IDEAS: Fostering an Appreciation for Science in the Daily Life of the Classroom - 02/01/06
Ohio's Schools of Promise: How Exemplary Title I Schools Are Working to Close the Achievement Gap - 01/25/06
The New York Adequacy Study - 01/17/06
The KIPP Foundation School Leadership Program: Inspiring and Supporting Leaders in Education - 12/29/05
Teach For America - 09/01/05
High Tech High: Preparing Students for the 21st Century - 08/01/05

Charter Schools

Advocates Say D.C. Charter Amendment Integral to School's Improvement - 06/02/06
Charter School Diversity Producing Diverse Results - 11/24/04
Charter Schools and Race: A Lost Opportunity for Integrated Education - Report - Harvard University - 07/10/02
Difficult Choices: Do Magnet Schools Serve Our Children in Need? - Report - Citizen's Commission on Civil Rights - January 1997

English-Language Learners

Quality Counts 2009: How English-Language Learners Are Putting Schools to the Test - Report - Education Week - January 2009
Advocating for English Language Learners in NCLB - 03/14/08
The ESL Logjam: Waiting Times for Adult ESL Programs and the Impact on English Learners (pdf) - Report - National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials - October 2006

Access to Higher Education

New Report Finds College Financial Aid Not Going to Neediest Students - 09/06/06
Promise Abandoned: How Policy Choices and Institutional Practices Restrict College Opportunities (pdf) - The Education Trust - 8/31/06
Civil Rights Coalition Works to "Reclaim Access" to Higher Education - Press Release - 10/24/05
Advocates Say New Bill Threatens Access to Higher Ed - 09/09/05
Closing the Gap: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality in Opening Doors to Higher Education for African-American Students (pdf) - Report - NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. - June 2005
Students Take Their Message to Capitol Hill - 04/06/05
Substance Abuse, Civil Rights Communities Unified Against Higher Education Act Drug Provision - 04/22/03
National Dialogue Calls for Increase in Federal Need-based Financial Aid - 01/22/03
Admissions & Omissions: How "The Numbers" Are Used to Exclude Deserving Students: 2005-2006 CAPAA Findings (pdf) - Report - Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA - 06/01/06
Latino Policy and Issues Brief: Community College as a Pathway to Chicana/o Doctorate Production (pdf) - Report - University of California - 06/30/05
Corporate CEOs Urge Less Emphasis on SATs - 06/01/01
Letter to the President of the University of Dayton re: Online Admissions Policy - 04/03/01

Reform Strategies

States to Develop Common Education Standards in Math and English - 6/1/09
Civil Rights Advocates Respond to Obama's Education Reform Strategy - 3/12/09
President Obama Proposes Strategy to Reform U.S. Schools - 3/10/09
San Diego School District Provides Successful Model of Education Reform - 2/25/09
Advocates Push for Culturally Based Teaching to Close Achievement Gap - 07/11/08
Why Rural Matters 2007: The Realities of Rural Education Growth - Report - The Rural School and Community Trust - October 2007
The Massachusetts Expanding Learning Time to Support Student Success Initiative - Report - Center for American Progress - January 2007
Quality Counts 2007 - From Cradle to Career: Connecting American Education from Birth to Adulthood - Report - Education Week - January 2007
New Poll Uncovers Ethnic Minority Parents' Great Expectations - 09/22/06
Is Support for Standards and Testing Fading? (pdf) - Report - Public Agenda - 06/21/06
Where We Learn - Report - National School Boards Association Council of Urban Boards of Education - 04/05/06
Report Shows Schools Can Make Effective Use of Longer Days - 02/24/06
Time for a Change: The Promise of Extended-Time Schools for Promoting Student Achievement (pdf) - Report - Massachusetts 2020 - 11/10/05
Getting Smarter, Becoming Fairer: A Progressive Education Agenda for a Stronger Nation - Report - Center for American Progress and the Institute for America's Future - August 2005
Teacher Quality: Equalizing Educational Opportunities and Outcomes (pdf) - The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
Education Symposium Highlights Programs to Improve Schools - 03/09/05
New 'Invest in Equality' Initiative Focuses on Education Reform - 05/17/04
Civil Rights Leaders Announce New "Invest in Equality" Initiative to Fulfill the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education - Press Release - 05/17/04
12-Point Program to Invest in Equality - Press Release - 05/14/04
Poll Reveals Attitudes Toward Achieving Equality in Schools - 05/10/04
Florida Votes In Favor of Class Size Limits - 11/22/02
The Impact of Racial and Ethnic Diversity on Educational Outcomes: Lynn, MA School District (pdf) - Report - Harvard College - 02/01/02
The Impact of Racial and Ethnic Diversity on Educational Outcomes: Cambridge, MA School District (pdf) - Report - Harvard College - 01/29/02