Save hours of research time with Education Week’s Spotlights, new downloadable publications that combine essential news coverage, useful infographics, and insightful Commentaries. Hand-picked by Education Week's editors and drawn from our extensive archives, these collections delve into critical issues facing American education and offer you crucial perspective on the topics you care about most.

New Spotlights include:

• Reading Instruction
  Research on early literacy, predictors of reading achievement, finding solutions to the ‘4th grade slump’, reading software, and tips for engaging reluctant readers.

• Charter School Leadership
  Insights on what it takes to open a charter school, planning for new school leadership, charter management organizations, and other key management issues.

• No Child Left Behind
  An update on NCLB including growth models, graduation rates, supplemental education services, and the debate over reauthorization.

• E-Learning
  Research on E-Education, the growth of online classes, strategies for managing E-Learning, online professional development, and more.

Also:

• Tips for New Teachers
  Practical advice on topics that range from starting the school year on the right foot to establishing behavior guidelines and an effective learning environment.

• ELL Assessment & Teaching
  Perspective on assessment accommodations, academic placement for English-Language learners, team-teaching, technology-enhanced programs, and more.

• Response to Intervention
  A closer look at RTI, including interventions for struggling readers, RTI in the classroom, ‘recognition and response’ in preschools, and more.

• Pay for Performance
  Explores merit pay for teachers and principals, including its effectiveness and lessons learned from research.

• Inclusion & Assistive Technology
  Insights on team-teaching, integrating special education technologies, ‘accessible’ or ‘universally designed’ tests, and using data to inform inclusion.

• The Stimulus
  What the federal stimulus means for the nation’s schools.

• And much more...

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