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Two Members of NCLD Professional Advisory Board Nominated to IES Advisory Board
President Bush has nominated 13 members to an advisory board on educational research more than a year after the panel was established. Two of the nominees are members of NCLD's Professional Advisory Board.

For more information go to:
http://edweek.com/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=15nbes.h23&keywords=institute%20of%20education%20sciences.


Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported By Rigorous Evidence: A User Friendly Guide
This guide provides educational practitioners with user-friendly tools to distinguish practices supported by rigorous evidence from those that are not.

For more information go to:
http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/rigorousevid/index.html.


ERIC Site Makes Transition
A popular resource many researchers, educators, professors, writers, and parents use entitled, Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), better known as the ERIC Clearinghouses, make a transition this month as a new U.S. Department of Education contractor develops a new model for the ERIC database and services. The 17 ERIC Clearinghouses' Web sites, including AskERIC, and their toll-free telephone numbers closed as of mid-December.

For more information go to:
http://www.eric.ed.gov.


Special Education Advocacy Under IDEA For Children in the Juvenile Delinquency System
Getting children educated, getting children out of detention, and getting children out of the delinquency system are the objectives of this new publication from the Juvenile & Special Education Law Clinic at the University of the District of Columbia.

For more information, go to:
http://www.law.udc.edu/clinics/juvenile/index.htm.


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