Press Room: Policy
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National Task Force Chaired by TC's Kagan Issues New Recommendations on Pre-K Policy
The National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force has released its final report and recommendations for developing a comprehensive assessment system to improve the performance of early education programs. Over the past four years, states have invested more than $1.9 billion in preschool to improve outcomes for children, but few have implemented a comprehensive effort for assessing and improving performance to ensure that early education returns intended results.
Published: 11/4/2007 -
A New Blog on Educational Adequacy
ACCESS, an organization based at TC that serves as a national forum for plaintiff attorneys and advocates involved in state school finance lawsuits, has launched its own blog, "EdFunding Matters," which can now be read at http://www.schoolfunding.info/blog/.
Published: 10/30/2007 -
Getting Better All the Time
Teachers College "has always been an incredibly policy-rich environment," says Sharon Lynn Kagan, who was named TC's first Associate Dean for Policy and head of the newly created Office of Policy and Research (OPR) in 2004. "Now we're making it an easier place to navigate, and that's one more reason why we're becoming the institute of choice both for users of policy research and for policy students."
Published: 10/18/2007
