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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IES What's New</title><link>http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/</link><description>For the latest in events, developments, and updates to the IES website, check back here often.</description><language>en-us</language><category>education</category><category>statistics</category><category>data access tools</category><category>libraries</category><category>schools</category><category>colleges</category><item><title>NCSER Announces FY 2009 Grant Awards</title><description><![CDATA[The National Center for Special Education Research within the Institute of Education Sciences recently made 16 awards for the following FY 2009 programs: 14 in the Special Education Research Grants Program (CFDA 84.324A, Session 2); and 2 in the Postdoctral Research Training Program in Special Education (CFDA 84.324B).  ]]></description><pubDate>7/2/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects/09awards2.asp</link></item><item><title>NCER announces new FY 2009 Awards</title><description><![CDATA[NCER recently awarded a total of 52 awards to applications considered under the three FY 2009 competitions: Education Research Grants Program (CFDA 84.305A); Predoctoral Training Grants Program (CFDA 84.305B); and Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies (84.305E).]]></description><pubDate>7/1/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/09awards2.asp</link></item><item><title>New Beginning Reading Intervention Report</title><description><![CDATA[See how the WWC rated the research on Lexia Reading, a computerized reading program that provides phonics instruction and gives students independent practice in basic reading skills.]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/beginning_reading/lexia/</link></item><item><title>Two New Quick Reviews Available</title><description><![CDATA[The first review evaluates a study that examined whether having a teacher with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification improves student achievement. The second looks at a study that assessed whether participating in the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program improved the educational and other outcomes of at-risk youth.]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/quickreviews/</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that about 63 percent of public and 37 percent of private schools employed staff with academic specialist or coaching assignments?  A higher percentage of public elementary schools had staff with academic specialist or coaching assignments (73 percent) compared to private elementary (37 percent), public secondary (42 percent), and combined public schools (46 percent).  The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) contains a variety of information about K-12 public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools in the United States.  Topics covered include:  counts of all types of school staff, admission requirements, student demographics, special programs and services offered, and highest annual tuition for private schools.  It is also possible to link the school data to the other SASS surveys, as applicable (district, principal, teacher, and school library media center).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009321</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of Public and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Centers in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that, in 2007-08, about 57 percent of paid professional library media center staff in traditional public schools had a Master's degree in a library-related major, which is a higher percentage than comparable staff in public charter schools (29 percent) and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools (27 percent)?  The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey contains a variety of information about school library media centers in public and BIE K-12 schools in the 50 States and the District of Columbia.  Selected findings are presented in this First Look report.  Topics covered include: access to and use of a variety of information technologies, library facilities, services and policies, library staffing, feedback on students' level of information literacy and collections and expenditures.  It is also possible to link the school library media center data to the other SASS surveys (i.e., school district, school, principal, and teacher).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009322</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Teachers in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that, in 2007-08, the average annual base salary of regular full-time public school teachers was $49,600 and the average annual base salary of regular full-time private school teachers was $36,300?  The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) contains a variety of information about teachers in public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) elementary and secondary schools in the U.S.  Selected findings are presented in this First Look report.  Topics covered include: characteristics of the current teaching position; educational background and certification; professional development; working conditions; school climate and attitudes about teaching; school-based and other earnings; and basic demographics.  It is also possible to link the teacher data to the other SASS surveys (i.e., school district, school, principal, and library media center).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009324</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Principals in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that, in 2007-08, 50 percent of public school principals and 53 percent of private school principals were women or that the average annual salary was $85,700 among public school principals and $57,500 among private school principals? The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) contains a variety of information about principals in public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) elementary and secondary schools in the U.S.  Topics covered include: principals' experience and training; goals and decision-making; school climate and safety; student instructional time; working conditions; and basic demographic data.  It is also possible to link the principal data to the other SASS surveys (i.e., school, district, teacher, and library media center).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009323</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of Public School Districts in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that, in 2007-08, about 10 percent of public school districts offered pay incentives to recruit or retain teachers to teach in fields of shortage?  The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) contains a variety of information about school districts governing K-12 schools in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Selected findings are presented in this First Look report.  The topics you can examine with the SASS district data include basic district information (e.g., grades offered, student enrollment, and staffing); recruitment, retention, and hiring practices; principal and teacher salaries; fringe benefits offered to teachers; school choice policies; high school graduation requirements; and collective bargaining agreement status. It is also possible to link the district data to the other SASS surveys in the public sector (i.e., principal, school, teacher, library media center).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009320</link></item><item><title>Chronically Low-Performing Schools Research Initiative (84.305G) Request for Applications Released</title><description><![CDATA[The National Center for Education Research within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the Chronically Low-Performing Schools Research Initiative (84.305G) Request for Applications. The Chronically Low-Performing Schools Research Initiative will support the development of interventions that target specific problems faced by chronically low-performing schools and test their promise of success in  addressing those problems within a relatively short time period.  The work is to be done in collaboration with schools and district partners and result in interventions that can be implemented by a principal of a low-performing school or by a district in conjunction with the principals of such schools.<br/><br/>

A Letter of Intent is requested by August 3, 2009 and the Application Deadline is October 1, 2009.]]></description><pubDate>6/23/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/funding/</link></item><item><title>New Quick Review: Student Mentoring Program Study</title><description><![CDATA[The latest quick review from the WWC evaluates a study of the Student Mentoring Program (SMP), a federal grant program that matches participants with an adult or peer mentor to discuss academics, relationships, and future plans.]]></description><pubDate>6/23/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/quickreviews/studentmentoring/index.asp</link></item><item><title>Financial Accounting for State and Local School Systems Handbook</title><description><![CDATA[NCES has just released the latest version of the Financial Accounting for States and Local School Systems handbook.  This handbook provides guidance for maintaining an accounting system for public education at the school district and state levels, and a detailed list of account codes and definitions.  This guiidance meets all GAAP standards.]]></description><pubDate>6/23/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009325</link></item><item><title>WWC Reviews Research on ELL Intervention</title><description><![CDATA[Read this report on Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP), a framework for planning and delivering instruction in content areas such as science, history, and mathematics for English language learners. Using the SIOP framework, teachers modify the way they teach so that the language they use to explain concepts and information is comprehensible to these students.]]></description><pubDate>6/16/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/english_lang/siop/</link></item><item><title>Examining Independent Study High Schools in California</title><description><![CDATA[This examination of California's independent study high schools&mdash;alternative schools in which 75 percent or more of students in grades 9&ndash;12 are enrolled in full-time independent study&mdash;describes enrollment trends since 2001/02 and the number and characteristics of schools and students as well as teacher qualifications in 2006/07.]]></description><pubDate>6/15/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=173</link></item><item><title>The Nation&amp;#8217;s Report Card: 2008 Arts: Music and Visual Arts at Grade 8</title><description><![CDATA[The results are in; the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has released the results of the 2008 national arts assessment.  ]]></description><pubDate>6/15/2009</pubDate><link>http://nationsreportcard.gov</link></item></channel></rss>
