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Featured Reports

Collecting and Using Information to Strengthen Citywide Out-of-School Time Systems
National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education & Families
August 2011

Looks at the kinds of data U.S. cities are gathering and analyzing in their efforts to build citywide systems that make high-quality after-school programs more available to children, how they collect it, and how they put it to use.

It's Not a Matter of Time: Highlights From the 2011 Competency-Based Learning Summit
International Association for K-12 Online Learning
July 2011

Outlines discussions about the potential and challenges of competency-based learning in transforming the current time-based system, including issues of accountability, equity, personalization, and aligning policy and practice. Includes case summaries.

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