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Providence Youth Opportunities Guide

Produced by the Providence After School Alliance, this publication and on-line resource provides information on activities for Providence youth after school and in the summer.

 

Teacher Contracts: Restoring the Balance

Produced by the Education Partnership, this report examines teacher collective bargaining agreements in Rhode Island.

 

Education Week

Education Week is the premiere periodical devoted to American education.  The newspaper and website provides up-to-date information on many important education issues, including local, state, and national education news and topic areas from preschool through the 12th grade.  The website also offers a research center with information organized by issue area, state data, and special reports.

 

Information Works!

Information Works!, Rhode Island’s annual report on public education, is a collaborative effort of the R.I. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the National Center on Public Education and Social Policy, at the University of Rhode Island.

Information Works! provides data on individual schools, districts, and the state as a whole.  The In$ite financial reporting system provides data on education expenditures.  Data collected through SALT surveys and SALT site visits is also available through Information Works!

 

Education Watch - Rhode Island

Developed by the Washington, DC-based Education Trust, this publication provides key education facts and figures about educational achievement and opportunity in Rhode Island.

 

Education Leadership

Education Leadership is published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development  and is an award-winning source of information about teaching and learning, new ideas and practices relevant to practicing educat



Massachusetts After School Research Study
The United Way of Massachusetts Bay funded a study to examine the linkages between after school program quality and youth outcomes. The study focuses on after school programs serving elementary and middle school youth from 10 communities across Massachusetts, including urban, suburban, and rural areas. The study is one of the first in the nation to identify key quality indicators that help produce positive outcomes for youth

 The Condition of Education 2007
 The Condition of Education 2007 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The 2006 print edition includes 50 indicators in five main areas: participation in education; learner outcomes; student effort and educational progress; the contexts of elementary and secondary education; and the contexts of postsecondary education.

 
     
   
 

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