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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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