Rhode Island Association of School Principals
Miscellaneous Updates and Briefings: 1/28/10
This post contains a list of all of the interesting recent briefings and updates from various organizations we saw fit to pass on to our members. They were posted using our new email sharing tool, so please be patient while any bugs (if they exist) are worked out.
Below, we’ve listed the title of each briefing, along with a short summary or, in the case of a digest-style briefing, three selected headlines from the contents (note that of course each briefing contains more content than just the excerpted headlines).
Alliance for Excellent Education “Straight A’s”
- New OECD Report Finds that 25 Point Increase in PISA Scores Could Lead to $40.6 Trillion Increase in United States’s GDP
- New Alliance Study Finds Lowering the High School Dropout Rate Boosts Job Creation, Home Ownership, Automobile Sales, and Economic Growth
- New Education Sector Report Offers a Different Take on Measuring Student College and Career Readiness
- … and more!
REL Northeast and Islands Monthly Digest
- Ask Your Education Question to the REL-NEI Reference Desk
- Race to the Top Nearing First Finish Line
- How Are States Approaching Response to Intervention?
- … and more!
Youth Service America Grants Alert
- Sprint Character Education Grants (Deadline: February 5)
- Learn and Serve America Higher Education Grants (Deadline: March 9)
- Get Ur Good On Grants (Deadline: February 22)
- … and more!
YSA National Service Briefing (January 21)
- Cities of Service and Rockefeller Foundation Award First-Ever “Cities of Service Leadership Grants” to Ten Cities to Hire Chief Service Officers
- Change.org Launches the Changemakers Network
- Steve Culbertson on Huffington Post: “Youth Poised for Action”
- … and more!
NASSP Principal’s Update (January 19)
- President Seeks Additional $1.35 Billion for Education
- Spring Session Online Courses
- A Shot at School Reform Fund Provokes Tensions, Fast Changes
- … and more!
News from Green Education Foundation
In this briefing from the Green Education Foundation, the Foundation invites principals and educators to take part in nationwide GEF eco-challenge programs, including this year’s goals of increasing consumption of waste-free snacks, reducing school utility costs, and planting indoor and outdoor gardens.