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DON’t SEttLE FOR JUSt A SNAPSHOt WASHINGTON Introduced: 2,061 Enacted: 378 UTAH Introduced: 685 Enacted: 444 TEXAS Introduced: 5,796 MINNESOTA Introduced: 3,238 Enacted: 117 INDIANA Introduced: 600 Enacted: 116 Enacted: 1,379GEORGIA MAINE Introduced: 1,588 Enacted: 595 PENNSYLVANIA Introduced: 2,443 Enacted: 550 Introduced: 958 Enacted: 257 © Images.com/Corbis Get the big picture with CSG’s 2012 edition of The Book of the States online. For comparative data on all 50 states and six U.S. territories, visit www.csg.org/BookoftheStates. *data reflect the number of bills introduced and enacted during 2011 regular legislative sessions. Source: The Book of the States 2012, Table 3.19 “Bill and resolution introductions and enactments: 2011 regular Session”
On the COver Alabama state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, a member of her state’s Senate Education Committee, believes individualized instruction is a win-win for everyone involved. “As a state senator, I believe that if individualized instruction was implemented in K–16, the state would literally save millions of dollars,” Figures said. She’s pictured on the cover in front of Phillips Preparatory School located in her district in Mobile, Ala. Figures' son, Shomari Figures, attended Phillips and he is now a lawyer. Phillips Prep was designated a Blue Ribbon School in 2011, the second time it has been designated as such. It was one of five Alabama schools—and the only middle school—to receive the designation in 2011. Read more about individualized learning on page 12. Photo by Debbie Davis SePteMBer/OCtOBer 2012 12 hOt tOPIC— IndIvIdualIzed learnIng Individualized, personalized and customized learning have become popular and often interchangeable buzzwords in education. This individualized approach is said to engage unmotivated learners by giving them ownership of their work. 26 10 queStIOnS— jeB BuSh Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush calls the dilemma the nation faces with regard to education “a national crisis and it requires a bold response.” 38 hOt tOPIC— dIStanCe learnIng While distance learning may be an answer to increasing the number of Americans with higher education to meet the demands of tomorrow’s workforce, many states’ regulatory procedures limit where institutions can offer classes. CAPITOL IDEAS | | contents 40 hOt tOPIC— tItle Ix © Corbis/Laughing Stock If the U.S. women had been a country, they would have placed third in overall Olympics medal count. The nation has moved forward in both athletics and academics in the 40 years since Title IX became law. 1 CAPITOL IDEAS » SEPT / OCT 2012
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