School success
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Achievement Plus
A partnership to transform underachieving schools
February 2010
Describes the Achievement Plus program and highlights results and lessons learned.
Parent involvement in school
Engaging immigrant parents
December 2009
Explores why immigrant parents are less involved in their children’s education and provides strategies to increase their engagement.
Strategies for rural Minnesota school districts
A literature review
April 2009
Highlights seven strategies rural school districts can implement to maintain or improve students’ academic achievement at less cost to the school district, or improve student academic achievement at the same cost.
Increasing postsecondary education access and success
Raising achievement through outreach programs
February 2009
Identifies key features of effective outreach programs addressing the academic achievement gap in Minnesota.
Making the grade
Increasing postsecondary education access and success
February 2009
Presentation from Perspectives breakfast held on February 24, 2009 at Wilder Center.
The cost burden to Minnesota K-12 when children are unprepared for kindergarten
Prepared for the Bush Foundation
December 2008
Estimates the cost burden to the Minnesota K-12 system due to children entering kindergarten unprepared for school success.
Project Early Kindergarten evaluation update
General overview of results through 2007-08 of a Saint Paul Public Schools Initiative
September 2008
Evaluation of the results from the program's first three years.
Increasing school attendance for K-8 students
A review of research examining the effectiveness of truancy prevention programs
March 2007
Effectiveness of programs to improve postsecondary education enrollment and success of underrepresented youth
A literature review
November 2006
Literature review of the effectiveness of outreach programs to improve postsecondary education enrollment and success of underrepresented youth.
Tackling the achievement gap head on
A background and discussion paper for community groups interested in helping all children succeed in school
May 2005
This background briefing outlines the need for community-wide involvement to eliminate achievement gaps by race and income.
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from Paul Mattessich,
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CSI is re-engineering how government works
from Paul Mattessich,
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CSI is re-engineering how government works
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Homeless Youth: Finding Home
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