NEA Policy Briefs
Achievement Gaps
- Wraparound Services (2013) (
PDF, 234 KB, 5 pgs.) - Closing the Gap through Extended Learning Opportunities (2008) (
PDF, 210 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Students from Poverty (2016) (
PDF, 366KB, 14 pgs.)
- Educating Students from Poverty and Trauma (2017) (
PDF, 489 KB, 3 pgs.)
Alternative Compensation
- Alternative Compensation: Create a solid pay system and then add enhancements (2008) (
PDF, 232 KB, 4 pgs.)
Charter Schools
- Charter Schools: Proceed Deliberately, Monitor Diligently, and Learn What Can Be Scaled Up (2008) (
PDF, 210 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Strengthening Charter School Policies (2011) (
PDF, 272 KB, 4 pgs.)
Conditions of Teaching and Learning
- Physical Education: Integral to Student Success (2015) (
PDF, 193 KB, 3 pgs.)
Cultural Competence
- Promoting Educators' Cultural Competence To Better Serve Culturally Diverse Students (2008) (
PDF, 201 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Religion and Public Schools: Promoting Respect and Understanding (2016) (
PDF, 114 KB, 4pgs.)
Curriculum Standards
- Common Core Standards: A Tool for Improving Education (2010) (
PDF, 544 KB, 8 pgs.)
Early Childhood Education
- Full-Day Kindergarten Helps Close Achievement Gaps (2015) (
PDF, 198KB, 4pp)
- Full-Day Kindergarten: A Missing Link in the Prekindergarten through Third Grade (P-3) Continuum for Many Students (2015) (
PDF, 125 KB, 2 pgs.)
- Place Early Learning at the Forefront of Improving Priority Schools (2012) (
PDF, 260 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Raising the Standards for Early Childhood Professionals Will Lead to Better Outcomes (2010) (
PDF, 212 KB, 4 pgs.)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
- Indicators of Future Success: GPA and Noncognitive Skills (2015) (
PDF, 1.13 MB, 8 pgs.)
- Federal Education Funding under NCLB: Fairness Contributor or Inhibitor? (2011) (
PDF, 353 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Volatility in Census Poverty Estimates for ESEA Title I Grants Undermines Planning, Resource Allocation (2008) (
PDF, 288 KB, 4 pgs.)
English Language Learners
- Professional Development for General Education Teachers of English Language Learners (2011) (
PDF, 434 KB, 5 pgs.)
Parent, Family, Community Involvement
- Keeping Family-School-Community Connections Helps Support Secondary Students' Success (2009) (
PDF, 320 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Parent, Family, Community Involvement in Education (2008) (
PDF, 198 KB, 4 pgs.)
- School-Family Engagement: Staff Preparation and Support Are Vital (2011) (
PDF, 230 KB, 6 pgs.)
Priority Schools
- Staffing Priority Schools: Strategies and Commitments for Changing the Status Quo (2009) (
PDF, 204 KB, 4 pgs.)
Safe Schools
- Education Technology: Friend or Foe (2016) (
PDF, 158 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Bullying Prevention in Public Schools (2012) (
PDF, 168 KB, 4 pgs.)
School Leadership
- Changing Role of School Leadership (2008) (
PDF, 283 KB, 4 pgs.)
School Reform
- Planning for School Restructuring: Keeping Stakeholders in the Process (2013) (
PDF, 248 KB, 4 pgs.)
- And They’re Off! How States Are Reexamining Students’ Early Graduation from High School (2010) (
PDF, 188 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Class Size Reduction: A Proven Reform Strategy (2015) (
PDF, 230 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Raising Compulsory School Age Requirements: A Dropout Fix? (2012) (
PDF, 257 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Reforming High Schools for the 21st Century - An Imperative (2008) (
PDF, 212 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Response to Intervention: A Transformational Approach (2010) (
PDF, 212 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Making learning accessible and engaging for all students (2008) (
PDF, 228 KB, 4 pgs.)
- The Federal Role in Transforming Struggling Schools (2011) (
PDF, 402 KB, 6 pgs.).
School Vouchers
- Subsidizing Private Education at Taxpayer Expense (2017) (
PDF, 190 KB, 3 pgs.)
- Education Savings Accounts (2016) (
PDF, 131 KB, 3 pgs.)
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
- Blended Learning (2015) (
PDF, 197 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Mathematics and Science for Every Girl and Boy (2008) (
PDF, 990 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Technology in Schools: The Ongoing Challenge of Access, Adequacy and Equity (2008) (
PDF, 199 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Thinking Algebraically: Promoting rigorous mathematics for all students (2008) (
PDF, 283 KB, 4 pgs.)
Special Education
- The Importance of Social Emotional Learning for All Students Across All Grades (2017) (
PDF, 1.23 MB, 2 pgs.)
- What is Selective Mutism (2017) (
PDF, 122 KB, 3 pgs.)
- Acquisition of Language from Birth is a Human Right (2017) (
PDF, 109 KB, 2 pgs.)
- Special Education Workload Analysis Model (2016) (
PDF, 106 KB, 2 pgs.)
- Changing the Landscape: Including students with disabilities in high school graduation rates (2008) (
PDF, 210 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Disproportionality: Inappropriate Identification of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children (2008) (
PDF, 232 KB, 4 pgs.)
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: A Multi-tiered Framework that Works for Every Student (2012) (
PDF, 232 KB, 3 pgs.)
- Genetic Disorders (2016) (
PDF, 115 KB, 2 pgs)
Teacher Quality
- Profession-Ready Teachers (2013)
- One License - Many Routes: NEA and Alternative Routes to Licensure (2009) (
PDF, 128 KB, 4 pgs.)
Testing and Accountability
- Multiple Indicators of School Effectiveness (2013) (
PDF, 254 KB, 6 pgs.)
- Beyond Two Test Scores: Multiple Measures of Student Learning and School Accountability (2011) (
PDF, 260 KB, 5 pgs.)
- Growth Models – An Update on the Effectiveness of Determining Student Progress and School Accountability (2009) (
PDF, 204 KB, 4 pgs.)
Related Content
RELATED TOPICS
- 2011 C.A.R.E. Guide: Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gaps
Research-based strategies for educating culturally diverse students and students from low-income families. - NEA Grants to Close Student Achievement Gaps, 2006-2007 (PDF, 688 KB, 30pp)
This report includes policy successes affiliates attained with grant funds. - NEA Research, Tools, & Talking Points
Resources for closing achievement gaps. - Resources from Other Organizations on Achievement Gaps
Reports and Web sites on closing achievement gaps.
