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Investment in the Future: Improving Education Research at Four Leading Schools of Education: Campus Experiences of the Spencer Foundation’s Research Training Grant Programby Anna Neumann, Aaron Pallas & Penelope PetersonLeaving No Child Behind Yet Allowing None Too Far Ahead: Ensuring (In)Equity in Mathematics Education Through the Science of Measurement and Instructionby Mark W EllisThis inquiry raises questions about the manner in which the No Child Left Behind Act aims to improve mathematics education through continued reliance on standardized testing and mandated use of scientifically based teaching practices. Specifically, it is argued that this approach is tied to assumptions about intellectual ability and achievement that precipitated the dividing practices used to justify differential access to mathematics learning almost a century ago. An examination of so-called objective and scientific approaches to school mathematics suggests the need for more earnest reflection about the particular path toward educational progress privileged by this legislation. Book Reviews
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Call for Proposals - NSSE Yearbooks to Join TCRby Gary NatrielloThe editors of TCR announce a call for proposals for future volumes of the NSSE Yearbooks. Commentary
Early Childhood Education: Comment on Camilli and Colleagues’ Meta-Analysis and a Preliminary Synthesis of Recent Randomized Controlled Trialsby Kevin M. GoreyThis commentary critically appraises Camilli, Vargas, Ryan and Barnett’s (2010) meta-analysis of the cognitive effects of early education interventions. It also presents a related synthesis of recent randomized controlled trials. The Voice This week, Kate Phillippo of Loyola University Chicago discusses her upcoming paper on the potential -- and the pitfalls -- of requiring teachers to play the role of advisor. Video produced by Simon Doolittle. For more videos on education, visit AfterEd.tv.
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