The Center for Public Education (Center) is a national resource for accurate, timely, and credible information about public education and its importance to the well-being of our nation. The Center provides up-to-date research, data, and analysis on current education issues and explores ways to improve student achievement and engage public support for public schools.
The Center welcomes requests from members of the press. To find out more about the Center's research please contact:
Linda Embrey, Communications Specialist, (703) 838-6737 or lembrey@nsba.org
Alexis Rice, Communications Director (703) 838-6744, (571) 437-7425 (cell), or arice@nsba.org
Spotlight on
Parent Involvement
Starting Out Right
Press releases
December 12, 2011 - New Report Finds U.S. School Instructional Time Similar to High-performing Countries
December 7, 2011 - Leading Education Organizations Emphasize Alignment of P-3 Education
November 1, 2011 - Students' Reading Skills Significantly Boosted By Early Education, Center for Public Education Report Finds
October 4, 2011 - Leading Education Organizations Release Early Education Recommendations for Federal Action
August 30, 2011 - New Center for Public Education Report Reviews How Parent Involvement Can Increase Student Achievement
May 3, 2011 - Leading Education Organizations Join Together to Promote High Quality Pre-Kindergarten Education
March 31, 2011 - Center for Public Education Report Reveals Concerns with Teacher Evaluations
December 16, 2010 - Center for Public Education Launches Website to Aid School Leaders in Making Critical Decisions
October 7, 2010 - New Report Finds Education Funding in Crisis
March 24, 2010 - New Report from the Center for Public Education Reviews the Facts Behind Charter Schools
January 21, 2010 - What Does it Take to Get a College Acceptance Letter: New Report from Center for Public Education
February 11, 2009 - Center for Public Education Releases Research on Late High School Graduates
January 26, 2009 - NSBF Receives Grant from the Gates Foundation to Help School Boards Use Data in Decision Making
November 13, 2008 - Center for Public Education Releases Report on What Works In Reading
October 2, 2008 - NSBA's Center for Public Education Receives Pew Grant
October 10, 2006 - NSBA's Center for Public Education Receives Pew Grant
Media mentions and published articles
Data Tools Aim to Predict Student Performance, Education Week Digital Directions, February 8, 2012 -- Patte Barth quoted.
About Time, Public Education Network Weekly NewsBlast, January 6, 2012 -- Summary of Time in school research.
How About Better Parents?, New York Times Op-Ed, November 19, 2011 -- Patte Barth quoted.
Focus on Education, WGSO Radio 990 AM New Orleans, August 19, 2011 -- Interview with Jim Hull
Pay for Performance a mixed bag in school, Charlotte Public Radio: WFAE 90.7fm, Nov. 16, 2009 -- Patte Barth quoted.
Core curriculum 2.0—Don't tear schools down and start over: Upgrade how—and what—you teach instead, American School Board Journal, October 2009 -- Patte Barth
New report from CPE defines 21st century education, School Board News Today -- Patte Barth
"Small changes create big waves in education," Christina Zdanowicz, CNN.com, Sept. 9, 2009 -- Patte Barth quoted.
Education Week commentary, Sept. 3, 2009, "Why Not Count Them All?" by Jim Hull
Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane (WHYY Radio), Sept. 3, 2008, interview with Patte Barth and Jim Hull. Listen to the mp3.
Center for Public Education staff
Patte Barth, Director
Jim Hull, Senior Policy Analyst
Becky St. Andrie, Managing Editor
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