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A newsfeed on the most current research, news, and events at IDEA.

April 4: IDEA on KCRW's To the Point

Posted by bustamante at Apr 05, 2011 04:10 PM |
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Director John Rogers talks about how budget cuts will impact the U.S.'s ability to out-compete other nations.

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An education exchange with Linda Darling-Hammond

Posted by bustamante at Apr 01, 2011 12:10 PM |
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A March 24 event at Stanford University brought together researchers, educators, civil rights activists and policy experts to discuss teacher quality

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March 21: UCLA IDEA releases new Educational Opportunity Report

Posted by planas at Mar 21, 2011 04:05 PM |
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Free Fall: Educational Opportunities in 2011 details the falling learning conditions in California's public schools. This year's report includes data from a survey of about a quarter of the state's high school principals, along with follow-up interviews with a sample of those principals.

Here's the audio recording of the press teleconference, which included presentations by IDEA Director John Rogers, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and two school principals: Todd Ullah, from Washington Preparatory High School in LA Unified, and Paula Hanzel with Sacramento New Technology High in Sacramento City Unified.

Download Press Conference Audio ( Recorded on March 21, 2011)

Download Q&A Session Audio (Recorded on March 21, 2011)


Also available, are the PowerPoint slides from the presentation. 

Download the Educational Opportunity Report Powerpoint Presentation 

March 16: IDEA to release new Ed Opportunity Report next week

Posted by bustamante at Mar 16, 2011 02:15 PM |
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IDEA and UC/ACCORD will release the latest state Educational Opportunity Report on Monday, March 21 during a teleconference with state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.

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March 4: upcoming Council Youth Research presentation

Posted by bustamante at Feb 28, 2011 12:35 PM |
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Thirty-one CYR students present findings from yearlong research into the condition of their schools and education.

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