Monthly Digest – January 2010

The following content was added to the REL-NEI Website in January:

Upcoming Webinar!

• Response-to-Intervention Policies in 16 States (January 28, 2010)
  In this 60-minute webinar, researchers at REL Northeast and Islands and REL West will talk about their review of state education agency (SEA) policies and supports for RTI in 16 states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Washington.

Reference Desk Weekly Digest

• Ask Your Education Question to the REL-NEI Reference Desk
• Do Grade Retention Policies Impact Student Dropout Rates? (January 8, 2010)
• Effective Practices of Response to Intervention (January 15, 2010)
• What is the Optimal School Size for Learning? (January 22, 2010)

Stimulus and the Region Weekly Update

• States Adopt Ed Reform to Ready for Race to the Top (January 7, 2010) 
• Race to the Top Nearing First Finish Line (January 14, 2010)
• Five States in Region Apply to Race to the Top (January 21, 2010)

EdEvidence Newsletter (January/February 2010)

• Letter from the Director: Innovation Ongoing at REL-NEI
• Stanford's Michael Kamil Talks Evidence to Improve Adolescent Literacy
• How Are States Approaching Response to Intervention?
• Reference Desk Sees Growth in 2009, Launches Database for 2010

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