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• October 31, 2012: “The Future of Urban Education in the U.S” – a CEEP Education Policy Chat
  

  CEEP’s most recent Education Policy Chat featured keynote speakers Dr. Eugene White, Superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, and Mr. David Harris, founder & CEO of The Mind Trust. The keynote speakers and three other distinguished panelists presented contrasting views of the future of urban education. The session was held on IU’s Bloomington campus and was recorded by CEEP and the IU School of Education for the benefit of those who could not attend in person.

  Click HERE to open a PDF document with biographies of the participants. To watch the full video of the policy chat, please click Here.

• October 30, 2012: New CEEP Education Policy Brief. The Four-Day School Week: Nine Years Later
  

  In 2003, the Indiana Education Policy Center (now CEEP) published an Education Policy Brief about the four-day school week. Nine years later, this new brief reviews the continuing discussion, including advantages and disadvantages of the modified schedule, the steps a school might take to make the switch, and recommendations for districts considering the change. Examples of school districts that have made the switch are also included.

  Click Here to open a PDF file with the new policy brief.

September 21, 2012: Two CEEP Education Policy Briefs.


1. Overhauling Indiana Teacher Evaluation Systems: Examining Planning and Implementation Issues of School Districts

The 2011 Indiana General Assembly passed a bill that significantly changed the way Indiana teachers will be evaluated and compensated. An earlier CEEP policy brief, Revamping the Teacher Evaluation Process (Whiteman, Shi, & Plucker, 2011), provides an extensive review of this law and the various evaluation models available to school districts to use. School districts worked during the 2011-12 school year to put together evaluation plans that align with the legislation.  This brief is the first of a two-part series exploring how Senate Enrolled Act 001 is being implemented across Indiana school districts. The brief includes the results of a survey of superintendents.  It also presents the features of quality evaluation plans and introduces essential elements of a planning process that ensures equitable, effective, and efficient plans for evaluating educators. The second brief will be released later in the fall, and will present challenges and implications of Public Law 90 for professional develop­ment, policy, and teacher education programs.

Click HERE to open a downloadable PDF version of the new policy brief.

2. The Evolution of Indiana’s School Accountability System

This new education policy brief reviews the history of Indiana education reform efforts over the past 25 years, and includes a look at how these efforts may continue into the future.  School accountability has been, and continues to be, the focus of these reform efforts at all levels of Indiana’s K-12 system.  The brief includes the different perspectives of four current education leaders in the state.  The brief also offers several conclusions and recommendations to guide future discussions.

Click HERE to open a downloadable PDF version of the new policy brief.  Click HERE to open a PDF version of the Fast Facts sheet for this brief.

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