Studies and Resources

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• Class Size Reduction in California
• Class Size Reduction:  Lessons Learned (WestEd)
• Class Size Study: "Class Size and Students at Risk"
• Reducing Class Size in Wisconsin
• Special EEPA Issue on Class Size Reduction
• Size Reduction in Tennessee (Project STAR)
• Unintended Consequences of Class Size Reduction in California  (RAND)

• America's Kindergartners (NCES)
• Eager to Learn:  Education Our Preschoolers
• Giving American's Young Children a Better Start (ECS)
• The Kindergarten Year (NCES)
• Kindergarten:  Delayed Entry & Retained Children (NCES)
• National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
• Teacher Preparation Institutions

• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy
• "Does Professional Development Change Teaching Practice?"
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• Helping Teachers Through High-Quality Professional Development
• How Teaching Matters (ETS)
• National Center for Education Information
• National Commission on Teaching & America's Future
• National Education Association
• Professional Development: Learning from the Best  (NCREL Toolkit)
• Professional Development in Education and the Private Sector  
• Promising Practices: New Ways to Improve Teacher Quality
• Survival Guide for New Teachers
• Washington Education Association (WEA)

• 21st Century Community Learning Centers
• After School Programs:  Issues and Ideas  
• Bringing Education to After School Programs
• Extending Learning Time for Disadvantaged Students, Vol. 1
• Extending Learning Time for Disadvantaged Students, Vol. 2
• Examples of Extended Learning Programs (NCREL)
• Extension-Supported School-Age Care Programs Benefit Youth
• Extended Learning Initiatives: Opportunities and Implementation Challenge  (CCSSO)
• Keeping Schools Open as Community Learning Centers
• Providing Quality Afterschool Learning Opportunities for America's Families
• Resources for After School Programming (NCREL)
• Review of Extended Day and After School Programs and their Effectiveness
• Safe and Smart After School Programs
• Time and Learning (Principal Magazine)
• Urban After School Programs
• When School Is Out (Future of Children)

• Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE)
• Children and Computer Technology
• Designs for Education: School Architecture (NWREL) 
• Teachers' Tools for the 21st Century: A Report on Teachers' Use of Technology (NCES)
• Technology @ Your Fingertips
• Technology in Education (NWREL)