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The
Wisconsin Idea Project
Wisconsin
Idea PowerPoint
www.wisconsinidea.wisc.edu
K-12 Educational Resources
Tough Choices or Tough Times Executive Summary,
National Center on Education and the Economy, The New Commission
on the Skill of the American Workforce
http://www.skillscommission.org/pdf/exec_sum/ToughChoices_EXECSUM.pdf
Pre-K–12 at UW–Madison,
A directory of University of Wisconsin–Madison programs, partnerships
and resources for educators, parents and students. University of
Wisconsin-Madison, School of Education
http://www.education.wisc.edu/resources/PK12
Officials
Come Together to Align K-12 Standards, Higher Ed
USA Today, July 19, 2010
Recommended by Wisconsin Higher Education Business Roundtable
Clear Away the Smoke and Mirrors of Value-Added
Phi Delta Kappan, by Douglas Harris. May 2010
Recommended by Julie Underwood, UW–Madison, School
of Education
Recognizing and Developing Effective Teaching: What Policy
Makers Should Know and Do
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and The National Education
Association Policy Brief, by Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor,
Stanford University. May 2010
Recommended by Julie Underwood, UW–Madison, School
of Education
The Next Generation of Regional Public Education in CESA 6
By The
CESA 6 Next Generation Design Team, May 17, 2010
Recommended by Joan
Wade, Cooperative Educational Service Agency 6
Evaluation
Schemata
PowerPoint Presentation for the Roundtable Standing Committee on Pre-K-12 Public
Education, April 2010
Presented by Jim Wood, Wisconsin Higher Education Business
Roundtable
Schools That Can Milwaukee
2010 presentation addressing K-12 education quality issues in Milwaukee
Recommended by Mike Jones, MillerCoors
Charter Schools
and Student Performance
Wall Street Journal, Opinion, March 16, 2010
Recommended by Louis Maier, Wisconsin Higher Education Business Roundtable
Students’ success
in MPS high school a matter of expectations
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, by Alan J. Borsuk, March 13, 2010
Recommended by Bryan Kennedy, American Federation of Teachers
Better Together: A team approach is the best approach
American Federation
of Teachers, March/April 2010
Recommended by Bryan Kennedy, American Federation of Teachers
Empowering
Effective Teachers: Strategies for Implementing Reforms
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,
February 2010
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/united-states/Documents/empowering-effective-teachers-empowering-strategy.pdf
Recommended by Jim Wood, Wisconsin Higher Education Business
Roundtable Advisor
Is success too much at Reagan school?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
by Alan J. Borsuk, Jan. 23, 2010
Recommended by Bryan Kennedy, American Federation
of Teachers
A Critical Review of Property Tax Relief
in Wisconsin:
The School Levy Credit and the First Dollar Credit
Andrew Reschovsky, Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs,
University of Wisconsin–Madison, January 20, 2010
http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/publications/workingpapers/reschovsky2010-003.pdf
Recommended by Dan Rossmiller, Wisconsin Association of School
Boards
A New Path Forward
Four Approaches to Quality Teaching and Better Schools, Randi Weingarten, American
Federation of Teachers, January 12, 2010
Recommended by Bryan Kennedy, American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin
A New Path Forward Overview
Four Approaches to Quality Teaching and Better Schools, AFT President Weingarten’s
Speech, January 12, 2010
Recommended by Bryan Kennedy, American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin
Every Child a Graduate, Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
http://www.dpi.wi.gov/sprntdnt/index.html
Recommended by State Superintendent Tony Evers, Wis. Dept.
of Public Instruction
Student Assessment
American Federation of Teachers
Recommended by Bryan Kennedy, American Federation of Teachers
Economic Value of Liberal Education
Association of American College & Universities,
by Debra Humpreys, 2010
Recommended by Chancellor Richard Wells,
UW–Oshkosh
The Rural Brain Drain
The Chronicle Review, by Patrick J. Carr and
Maria J. Kefalas, Sept. 21, 2009
Recommended by Chancellor Richard
Wells, UW–Oshkosh
UW
System’s Growth Agenda for Wisconsin: New Strategies
for Economic Recovery and Renewal
UW System, April 2, 2010
Recommended by Jessica Tormey on behalf of President Kevin
Reilly, UW System
So What Do They Want From Us, Anyway?
Inside Higher Ed, by Kevin Reilly, October 19, 2009
Recommended by Jessica Tormey on behalf of President Kevin Reilly,
UW System
A Moment of Urgency and Opportunity
The Opportunity Equation, Transforming Mathematics and Science Education
for citizenship and the Global Economy
http://www.opportunityequation.org/report/urgency-opportunity/
10 Steps to World Class Schools
The Washington Post,
by William
Brock, Ray Marshall and Marc Tucker, May 30, 2009
Recommended by Jim Wood, Wisconsin Higher Education Business Roundtable
Advisor
Chapter Four, Democracy, Education and Community
Democracy, Education and the Schools, by John
Goodlad and edited by Roger Soder
Recommended by Julie Underwood, UW-Madison School of Education
Taking Human Capital Seriously: Talented Teachers in Every classroom.
Talented Principals in Every School
Strategic Management of Human Capital, November 2009
Recommended by Julie Underwood, UW-Madison School of Education
The
Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America’s Schools
McKinsey & Company, Social Sector Office, April 2009
Recommended by Julie Underwood, UW-Madison School of Education
Not All of Marcia Spector's Schools Are in the Voucher Program,
but They're Choice' in Other Ways
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 7, 2005
Recommended by Louis Maier, Wisconsin
Higher Education Business Roundtable
Why
We Teach
Teachers College, Columbia University 2005, Editor Sonia Nieto
Recommended by Julie Underwood, UW-Madison School of Education
Organizing Schools for Improvement
Research on Chicago school improvement indicates
that improving elementary schools requires coherent, orchestrated
action across five essential supports. By Anthony S. Bryk
Recommended
by Julie Underwood, UW–Madison, School of Education
Six Lessons for Pursuing Excellence and Equity at Scale
Efforts in Montgomery County, Maryland,
to “raise the bar
and close the gap” depended on deep changes. By Stacey
M. Childress
Recommended by Julie Underwood, UW–Madison,
School of Education
Brief
Prospectus for a State Consortium On Board Examination Systems
The National Center on Education and the Economy, August 2009
Recommended by the National Center on Education and the Economy
School
Accountability, Autonomy, Choice, and the Equity of Student Achievement:
International Evidence from PISA 2003
By Gabriela Schütz, Martin R. West, Ludger Wößmann1,2,
September 30, 2007
Recommended by the National Center on Education and the Economy
High
School Exit Examinations: When Do Learning Effects Generalize?
Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies: Working Paper Series,
by John H. Bishop, Cornell University. Cornell University ILR School
Year 2005
Recommended by the National Center on Education and the Economy
Higher Educational Resources
UW System News
Regents
hope to align funds with education; Board considering how
to best combine UW System goals with contents of upcoming biennium
budget
Badger Herald, May 6, 2010, by David Brazy
Growth
agenda aims for 80,000 college grads
The UWM Post, by Marlyn Fink, April 19, 2010
Speculation
grows with hopes for higher grad rates
The Badger Herald, by Marie Puissant, April 15, 2010
Plan
for more grads bodes well for UW-S
The Sheboygan Press, Editorial, April 13, 2010
More
graduates smart, but do it wisely
The Post Crescent, Editorial, April 12, 2010
Q&A:
UW-L chancellor talks about graduation initiative
La Crosse Tribune, by KJ Lang, April 9, 2010
Official:
UW degree goal requires new approaches
Wisconsin
State Journal, by Ryan Foley, April 8, 2010
Our
View: Graduation rate increase a tough sell right now
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, Editorial, April 7, 2010
As
state funding falls, students bear burden of rising tuition costs,
debt
The Badger Herald, by Kyle Mianulli, April 7, 2010
UWO
to implement ‘More Graduates’ for Wisconsin plan
UW Oshkosh Today, April 6, 2010
Regents
to address new goal of system wide 30 percent increase in graduates
Badger Herald, by Adelaide Blanchard, April 6, 2010
UW
System plan would boost graduates 30% by 2025
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, by Sharif Durhams, April 5, 2010
UW-Oshkosh
implements second stage of graduation initiative
The Badger Herald, by Fallon Bubacy, April 4, 2010
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