Research,+Resources+and+Readings++that+Matter

[] **//Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners//:** the Role of Noncognitive Factors in Shaping School Performance.

[] **//Students at the Center//** aims to build the knowledge base for innovative approaches that beat the odds for underserved students, and improve learning and achievement.

[]The 10 Regional Education Labs provide support for a more evidence-reliant educational system. Our **//REL (Northeast & Islands)//** [] is focused on:
 * Identification and retention of effective teachers and principals;
 * Improvement of low-performing schools and districts;
 * Educational equity and support for special populations
 * College and career readiness, access, and completion.

[] **//The Alliance for Excellent Education//** is a Washington, DC-based national policy and advocacy organization that works to improve national and federal policy so that all students can achieve at high academic levels and graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship in the twenty-first century. The Alliance focuses on America’s six million most at-risk secondary school students—those in the lowest achievement quartile—who are most likely to leave school without a diploma or to graduate unprepared for a productive future.

[] **//The Forum//** works to promote a public education system worthy of a democracy, one characterized by strong public schools, equity of educational resources, and an informed, involved citizenry. The work is "reality-based," coming from the long tenure of [|Conveners] who have extensive, "hands-on" school experience.

[] **//Intensive interventions for students struggling in Reading.//** Very explicit support for teachers.

[] What What top nations teach their students that we DON'T [] What students STILL don't know...