
ECF presentation to school board members now available
On November 15 and 16, ECF led breakout sessions for 200 Tennessee school board members on the link between workforce preparedness and early childhood education. You can review the entire presentation, including slides, comments, and links to supporting information, by going here.
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ECF launches new website focused on effective schooling
As part of its August 2008 outreach campaign in Nashville TN, the Education Consumers Foundation launched a new standalone website providing information on effective schooling. The site offers detailed information for those living in Tennessee, and information that can be applied to schools outside the state. Visit the website to learn more.
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Winners of the 2008 Value-Added Achievement Awards Announced
In a May 12 ceremony held at the Tennessee state capitol, the Education Consumers Foundation recognized principals of 18 of the most effective elementary and middle schools in the state. Click here to see the list of winners and learn about their successful approaches to education; see pictures from the event; read the press release; see some of the press coverage; or click here to read Dr. Stone's remarks at the ceremony.
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ECF Recommends: Annual Growth, Catch-Up Growth
This book, referenced by Dr. Stone at the Value-Added Achievement Awards ceremony, details easy to replicate and proven methods used by one school district to assure student achievement in reading and math. Go here to learn more and to order this book, or here to review the 93 maxims identified through their work.
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Education Sector Publishes "The Benwood Plan," a Report on the Use of Value-Added Data in Tennessee
Education Sector, an independent education think tank, has published a report on the Benwood Initiative in Hamilton County, Tennessee. This initiative, sponsored by the Benwood Foundation, leverages information made available by the state's value-added system to promote effective instruction.
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Movie Trailer: Two Million Minutes
Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, the
clock starts ticking. From that very moment the child has approximately two million minutes until high school graduation. How do they spend their time in the US, as compared with India and China? Click here to see a trailer for this new movie.
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Education Consumers Foundation releases new report: Effective Schools, Common Practices
The ECF sent a researcher to interview principals of six of the most effective schools in Tennessee; read the Foundation's new report to learn about the 12 practices that all of these six schools have in common.
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