Understanding NAEP: Inside the Nation's Education Report Card

The National Assessment of Educational Progress is one of the most trusted resources for comparing student achievement across states and demographic groups. But it is also one of the most complex tests in existence. This Explainer is a guide to understanding NAEP's complex features and the challenges ahead

Wheatland-Chili Central School District and Wheatland-Chili Federation of Teachers Paraprofessionals and School Related Personnel Unit

In the Matter of the Fact-Finding between the Wheatland-Chili Federation of Teachers Paraprofessionals and School Related Personnel Unit and Wheatland-Chili Central School District. PERB Case No. M2007-141. Fact Finder: Margery Gootnick

Urban Parks as Partners in Youth Development

Details how parks can contribute to the latest thinking about effective youth development programs, with a move beyond the traditional view of parks as venues for play

"A Flame that is Burning the World": Edwin Muir, war, and history

Discusses the impact of successive wars on the Scottish poet, translator and critic Edwin Muir (1887-1959), with especial focus on his experiences in post-World War II Prague and his response to the threat of nuclear warfare and human annihilation

Expanding Access to Economic Opportunity in Fast-Growth Metropolitan Areas

Many community development initiatives traditionally funded by foundations and the federal government evolved to respond to the economic conditions and barriers facing communities in big cities of the northeast and midwest. But conditions are dramatically different in Houston and other fast-growing metros like it. Neighborhood Centers, Inc. is developing and testing strategies for connecting underserved people to opportunities that reflect the realities of Houston's geography, demographics, and economy. This paper is intended to start a discussion about how these strategies differ from more traditional place-based antipoverty strategies, and how similar approaches may suit other metros like Houston

Making Work Pay Enough: A Decent Standard of Living for Working Families

Outlines the needs of low-income working families in meeting everyday living expenses, and proposes reforms and policy initiatives that would both increase incomes and purchasing power and reduce expenditures, especially housing costs

Vibrant Neighborhoods, Successful Schools: What the Federal Government Can Do to Foster Both

Recommends coordinating housing and education policies to create mixed-income neighborhoods with good schools and quality educators, to lower student turnover, and to improve health, nutrition, and school readiness. Presents examples of local initiatives

Further Observations on the Nesting Behavior of \u3ci\u3eLiris Argentatus\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

A three-celled nest of Liris argentatus was excavated and examined in upstate New York. The nest was constructed from the terminus of an abandoned cicada-killer burrow and the cells contained 1-4 incompletely paralyzed Gryllus pennsylvanicus as prey. Two of the three cells were cleptoparasitized by the satellite fly Senotainia trilineata. The components of the ecology and behavior of L. argentatus we observed are compared with those from previous studies on this species

A New Host Family for \u3ci\u3eLyroda Subita\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Lyroda subita, a sphecid that ordinarily stocks its cells with Gryllidae, is reported provisioning a two-celled nest in upstate New York with Tridactylidae. The structure of the nest, depth of celis, stages of wasps, and degree of paralysis of the prey are described