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SYSTEMS AND SECTORS—Education
V. Key Issues in Education (What)
A. Teacher Certification and Licensure
B. Pre-Service/Higher Education
C. Professional Development/In-Service
D. Graduation Requirements; GPA (grade point average)
E. Block Scheduling
F. Multi-Age Classrooms
G. Literacy
H. Charter Schools
I. Vouchers
J. Home Schooling
K. Bi-lingual Education (ESL)
L. Special Education (including Gifted and Talented)
VI. What the Research Shows (also noteworthy)
A. American Education Research Association (AERA)—this major association for education research
is working with the Arts Education Partnership to sponsor a research agenda for arts education,
www.aera.net
B. Annenberg Institute for School Reform (Brown University), www.annenberginstitute.org
C. Brain Research (i.e. The Jensen Learning Corporation www.jlcbrain.com)
D. Educational Testing Services (ETS), www.ets.org
E. The Education Trust, www.edtrust.org
F. Education Week (weekly education news), www.edweek.com
G. Multiple Intelligences, the work of Howard Gardner, www.pzweb.harvard.edu/PIs/HG.htm
H. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)—includes “Fast Response Surveys on the status of
arts education, co-sponsored by the NEA, www.nces.ed.gov
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