To increase research efforts to improve chronically low-performing schools, the Institute is launching its Chronically Low-Performing Schools Research Initiative (Low-Performing Schools Initiative). Click here for more information.

At 12:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET), President Barack Obama will deliver a national address to the students of America. (Please note that this is a change from the originally scheduled time.) During this special address, the president will speak directly to the nation’s children and youth about persisting and succeeding in school. The president will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning.

The U.S. Department of Education encourages students of all ages, teachers, and administrators to participate in this historic moment by watching the president deliver the address, which will be broadcast live on the White House Web site and on C-SPAN at 12:00 p.m., ET.

A Framework for Research on Professional Development Schools, by Jeanne Tunks and Jane Neapolitan, provides a developmental approach for research on professional development schools. The authors have developed a framework to guide researchers designing research methods that are effective and appropriate to the different developmental stages of individual professional development schools. These developmental stages are outlined in the Standards for Professional Development Schools, published by NCATE. The PDS standards were conceived and developed by NCATE, through extensive collaboration with PDS networks and institutions in the field. Order A Framework for Research on Professional Development Schools from www.amazon.com .