Overview 

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Introduction

"The ultimate finding was that money well spent on shrinking class sizes, establishing definite and understandable goals, providing high-quality and relevant teacher training, structuring incentives, and getting parents involved can improve school performance, even in the poorest neighborhoods." 
~ from Smart Money -- Education and Economic Development

Below you will find some resources that will be helpful in your journey as we work together to improve the economic development and viability of the Brownsville community. Spend some time exploring the associated web sites and related information. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view some of the files. Download Acrobat Reader.

Educational Reform
Public Education Network -- Texas Success Stories
Wake Education Partnership
Dancing with the Bear -- Real Life Adventures in Transforming Education (PDF 1 MB file size)
Constituents of Change (PDF 775 KB file size)
A Review of School Reform Strategies for Organizers and Leaders (PDF 650 KB file size)
Office-Holder Leadership is Critical to Public School Quality (PDF 90 KB file size)
American Businesses as Catalyst for Public Education Reform (HTML)
Improving School Board Decision Making (HTML)
Perry Preschool Project (HTML)
Newspaper Articles
Schools Work to Improve Academics in Brownsville (PDF 97KB file size)
UTB-TSC Looks to Lower Remedial Load (PDF 95KB file size)
Researchers Document Science of Reading, Child Potential (PDF 75 KB file size)
School and Community
Brownsville ISD Student Performance Data (HTML)
Texas Student Performance Data (HTML)
Snapshots of School Performance Data (HTML)

2003 Development Report Card for the States (HTML)

Hispanic and Latino Resources
Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (HTML)
US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (HTML)
Hispanic Crises in Education (HTML)
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI
The Pew Hispanic Center (HTML)
National Survey of Latinos -- Education (PDF 641 KB file size)
Fulfilling the Educational Needs of Hispanic Americans in the 21st Century (PDF 1.9 MB file size)
The Need to Increase Attention to Early Education for Hispanics (PDF 53 KB file size)
Poverty
Understanding Poverty in America (HTML)
The Churn (PDF 100KB file size)
Texas
The Texas Challenge in the Twenty-First Century: Implications of Population Change for the Future of Texas (PDF 6.1 MB file size)
A Voters Guide to Public Education Candidates (HTML)
Books
Making Money Matter: Financing America's Schools (HTML)
Investing in the Future: Reducing Poverty Through Human Capital Investments in Understanding Poverty (HTML)
Providing Universal Preschool for Four-Year Olds in One Percent for the Kids (HTML)

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