Annenberg Institute Director Receives NGA Award
The Annenberg Institute’s executive director, Warren Simmons, is one of seven individuals who received distinguished service awards from the National Governors Association for “significant contributions to their states and the nation.”

> Providence Journal article
> NGA press release

Youth Voice and Educational Justice
Youth are affected most directly by and have the highest stakes in school outcomes; they often see issues from their daily lives whose importance policy-makers overlook. A youth organizing campaign in New York City to ensure free or affordable school transportation exemplifies the power of youth voice to achieve educational justice.

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Collective Practice, Quality Teaching: Voices in Urban Education 27
To maintain teaching quality in hard-to-staff schools, education leaders need to view teaching not just as an individual act, but as a collective activity within and beyond school walls. The authors of the latest issue of Voices in Urban Education, “Collective Practice, Quality Teaching,” argue that prevailing quality measures are too narrow; we must look beyond individual teachers and also examine the collective aspects of teaching quality that require organizational support from schools and districts.

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• Susan Moore Johnson
• Carrie M. Leana
• Jonathan Eckert
• Milbrey W. McLaughlin and Joan E. Talbert
• Christine Wiltshire, Frances Gallo, and Kath Connolly
• Robert A. Kronley and Marla Ucelli-Kashyap

Leading Indicators Spotlight Series
The Leading Indicator Spotlight Series of research briefs highlights three indicators that can provide early signs of progress toward academic achievement and help education leaders act to improve student learning — before the test results come in. The briefs describe the indicators — early reading proficiency, algebra enrollment and achievement, and the use of college and pre-college admission test scores for high school placement — and how four urban districts use them to support student learning.

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> Information about the research study