| Following is a list of publications available from the Milken Family Foundation. All of these publications are available for download as PDF files.
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Connections
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Connections - Fall 2007
2008
A publication of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards
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Connections - Spring 2007
2007
A publication of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards
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Connections - Fall 2006
2006
A publication of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards
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Connections - Spring 2006
2006
A publication of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards
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Connections - Fall 2005
2005
A publication of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards
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Connections - Spring 2005
2005
A publication of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards
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Connections - Fall 2004
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Education Technology
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Teaching High School Science in the Information Age: A Review of Courses and Technology for Inquiry-based Learning
by Marcia C. Linn, James D. Slotta, and Eric Baumgartner
8/01/2000
This report reviews programs designed to improve scientific inquiry in high school classes and identifies promising curricular materials. The report discusses the challenges involved, the criteria used to identify promising materials, and exemplary programs that were found.
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Progress of Technology in the Schools: Report on 27 States
by Lewis C. Solmon, Judith A. Wiederhorn
6/21/00
In response to the lack of accurate and current state-by-state data regarding school technology, the Milken Family Foundation completed its second annual Survey of Technology in the Schools during the 1998-1999 academic year. In this report, we present the results of the survey.
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PCC Assessment Tool
by The Milken Family Foundation
6/07/00
This tool, which has been converted into a PDF document, and is a companion to the Professional Competency Continuum document, has been designed to provide educators with an opportunity to assess their status within the skill and knowledge areas described in that continuum.
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Learning Technology Policy Counts
by The Milken Family Foundation
3/29/00
It Can Narrow - or Widen - the Digital Divide
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Results from a Study of 27 States’ District Technology Coordinators
by Dr. Lewis Solmon
10/19/99
The Milken Exchange on Education Technology presents the results of the 1998-99 state-by-state survey of technology in schools.
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The Pros and Cons of Education Technology
by The Milken Exchange on Education Technology
8/1/99
A 5-minute video exploring the value of -- and challenges to -- successful use of education technology.
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California Digital High School Process Evaluation Year One Report
by Tamara W. Schiff and Lewis C. Solmon
6/30/99
A process evaluation of the California Digital High School grant program.
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Professional Competency Continuum: Professional Skills for the Digital Age Classroom
by Edward Coughlin & Cheryl Lemke
6/10/99
How do teachers prepare to integrate technology effectively into their classrooms?
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Focus On Students - 1999
by the Milken Exchange on Education Technology and Peter D. Hart Research Associates
6/1/99
Findings from student focus groups reveal that teens' mastery of computers and technology frequently occurs outside the schoolhouse.
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West Virginia Story: Achievement Gains from a Statewide Comprehensive Instructional Technology Program 1999
by Dale Mann, Ph.D., Charol Shakeshaft, Ph.D., Jonathan Becker, J.D., Robert Kottkamp, Ph.D.
3/10/99
This study examines West Virginia's long-running Basic Skills/Computer Education program and its positive impact on students' standardized test scores.
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Report on the Status of Education Technology Availability & Usage in the Public Schools of Virginia
by The Milken Exchange, NCREL (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory), and SRI International
3/1/99
This report, released in December of 1998, recommends that Virginia ask more from its education technology programs in order to achieve higher academic goals.
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Will New Teachers Be Prepared To Teach In A Digital Age?
by The Milken Exchange and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
2/23/99
A national survey examining teacher-training institutions and their efforts to prepare future educators to integrate technology effectively in their classrooms. The results gathered represent approximately 90,000 graduates in the 1997-1998 school year.
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The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement: What the Most Current Research Has to Say
by John Schacter, Ph.D
2/1/99
This report summarizes and assesses seven current research studies on technology and its impact on student achievement.
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Public Opinion Poll - 1998
by The Milken Exchange on Education Technology and Peter D. Hart Research Associates
8/1/98
National opinion poll summarizing respondents’ attitudes towards the importance of computers to the future of today’s young people.
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Technology in American Schools: Seven Dimensions for Gauging Progress
by Cheryl Lemke & Edward Coughlin
7/10/98
What does it take to transform schools into education systems that use technology to improve learning?
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At a Glance: Seven Dimensions for Gauging Progress
by The Milken Exchange on Education Technology
7/2/98
A 2-page overview of the Seven Dimensions framework for schools wanting to assess their level of success with technology integration.
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Learning Technology: The Opportunity and Responsibility
by Lowell Milken, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Milken Family Foundation
6/25/98
Learning Technology: The Opportunity and Responsibility
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Learning in a Digital Age: Insights into the Issues
by Kathleen Fulton
1/23/98
Is there a set of necessary skills that define student technological fluency? This publication addresses how students learn and how technology can be integrated with learning in order to prepare students effectively for today's workplace and society.
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Public Opinion Poll -1997
by The Milken Exchange on Education Technology and Peter D. Hart Research Associates
8/1/97
This poll, conducted in 1997 and released at the Milken Family Foundation's national conference, presents respondents’ attitudes towards the importance of computers to the future of young people.
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Milken Family Foundation
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Milken Educator Awards Brochure 2006-2007
2007
A full-color brochure describing the Milken Educator Awards (MEA) program, with full-page photos and text.
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Milken Family Foundation Overview Brochure
2007
A full-color brochure describing the Milken Family Foundation, with full-page photos and text.
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Improving Student Achievement: Reforms that Work
by Lewis C. Solmon, Kimberly Firetag Agam and Tamara W. Schiff, The Milken Family Foundation (Editors)
2005
PLEASE NOTE: This publication is not available for free download. You may purchase this publication at www.infoagepub.com/www/products/
product1/Milken.htm.
Improving Student Achievement: Reforms that Work expands on the first volume in the Milken Family Foundation series on education policy, Talented Teachers: The Essential Force for Improving Student Achievement. The series explains to policymakers, parents, business leaders, and teachers the importance of teacher quality in increasing student achievement. This volume is based primarily on the proceedings from the 2004 Milken National Education Conference (NEC), which was held in Washington, D.C., in May 2004.
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Talented Teachers: The Essential Force for Improving Student Achievement - A Volume in The Milken Family Foundation Series on Education Policy
by Lewis C. Solmon, Tamara W. Schiff, The Milken Family Foundation (Editors)
2005
PLEASE NOTE: Only one chapter of this publication is available for free download. To purchase the entire book, go to www.infoagepub.com/www/
products/product1/Milken.htm.
This highly influential group of scholars and policy makers explain to parents, business leaders, and teachers themselves the importance of talented teachers in increasing student achievement. The volume is based on the proceedings of the 2003 Milken National Education Conference (NEC), which was held in Los Angeles in May 2003.
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A Teacher's Resource to The Children of Willesden Lane
by Facing History and Ourselves/Milken Family Foundation
7/30/03
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Teachers' Professional Lives - A View from Nine Industrialized Countries
by Carol F. Stoel and Tin-Swe Thant
04/10/2002
This report, compiled by the Schools Around the World (SAW) program of the Council for Basic Education (CBE) and funded by the Milken Family Foundation, examines how the professional in-service training, requirements and responsibilities of American K-12 teachers outweigh those of teachers in many developed nations.
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The Read to Achieve Summer Literacy Day Camp: A 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant Proposal
by John Schacter, Ph.D.
08/22/2001
This grant proposal by Dr. John Schacter, senior research associate at the Milken Family Foundation, outlines a summer literacy day camp program for disadvantaged first-graders originally funded by the Foundation. This proposal resulted in a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education's 21st Century Community Learning Centers program to operate the camp for three years, beginning in the summer of 2001.
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Reducing Social Inequality in Elementary School Reading Achievement: Establishing Summer Literacy Day Camps for Disadvantaged Children
by John Schacter, Ph.D.
03/27/2001
This study by Dr. John Schacter, senior research associate at the Milken Family Foundation, concludes that
summer literacy day camps for disadvantaged children can significantly reduce social inequality in elementary
school reading achievement.
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Reading Programs That Work
by Dr. John Schacter
10/25/99
This 72-page publication examines effective programs for helping Pre-K
through 4th graders learn to read as well as research behind why certain
children fail to read at the same time as their peers.
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For Ourselves and Our Posterity
by Lowell Milken, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Milken Family Foundation
6/26/97
For Ourselves and Our Posterity
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Teacher Advancement Program
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Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) Publications
Launched in 1999 by the Milken Family Foundation, the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) is now operated by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET). TAP-related publications are available for download at the NIET Web site ( www.talentedteachers.org/publications.taf).
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