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Principal Shortage

Milli Pierce, director of the Principals' Center at Harvard University, sums up the estate of America's principals: "We will lose half of our school leaders in the next four years. How's that for a crisis?" For more information, visit the National Association of Elementary School Principals at www.naesp.org or the National Association of Secondary School Principals at www.nassp.org.

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Teacher & Quality Shortage

New report, "finds shortage and uneven distribution of qualified teachers is increasing, eroding the recruitment, preparation and professional development of teachers."

Shortage and Uneven Distribution of Qualified Teachers is Straining Californias Systems of Teacher Development, Furthering Inequities in the States Public Schools.

Full report: The Center for the Future of Teaching & Learning http://www.cftl.org/whatsnew.html

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Education Week has a link on its Website that allows you one click away from hundreds of educational websites, just enter by name or subject. http://www.edweek.org

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Policy Analysis For California Education (PACE) was founded in 1983 as a cooperative venture between the schools of education at UC Berkeley and Stanford University, It is an independent policy research center whose primary aim is to enrich education policy debates with sound analysis and hard evidence. Currently, PACE is focusing on three major research areas: Early Education and Family Policy, Elementary/Secondary Education, and Higher Education. http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/pace/

Civic Mission of Schools

MY VOTE
Encourage students to be active voters once they are old enough to cast a ballot.

Educating for Democracy
Educating for Democracy promotes civic education in California.

LegiSchool Project
The Project's mission is to engage California high school students in matters of public policy.

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