Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Year-Round Schools: In Brief (pp. 1-10)
Rebecca R. Skinner

Chapter 2 – Charter School Programs Authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA Title V-B): A Primer (pp. 11-36)
Rebecca R. Skinner

Chapter 3 – Career and Technical Education (CTE): A Primer (pp. 37-64)
Cassandria Dortch

Chapter 4 – The Relationship between Science and Engineering Education and Employment in STEM Occupations (pp. 65-94)
Liana Christin Landivar

Chapter 5 – School Enrollment in the United States: 2011 (pp. 195-120)
Jessica Davis and Kurt Bauman

Chapter 6 – The State of Preschool 2013: First Look (pp. 121-138)
W. Steven Barnett, Megan E. Carolan, James H. Squires and Kirsty Clarke Brown

Chapter 7 – Do Disadvantaged Students Get Less Effective Teaching? Key Findings From Recent Institute of Education Sciences Studies (pp. 139-154)
Jeffrey Max and Steven Glazerman

Chapter 8 – Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools: Lessons from Two Institute of Education Sciences Studies (pp. 155-170)
Melissa Clark, Sheena McConnell, Jill Constantine and Hanley Chiang

Index