There are several errors in the 6^th edition of the APA Style Manual. The APA has agree to replace these books for free if they are contacted between November 2 – December 15.

The process for receiving a replacement copy, which you are entitled to if you purchased the book anywhere, is:

1) Contact the APA Service Center:

APA Main Contact
Mailing address: American Psychological Association, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
Telephone: (800) 374-2721 or (202) 336-5500M

Contact the Service Center Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

2) The person you speak with will email you a link to a form and mailing label you will print out.

3) Mail your style manual back to them – free of charge – and they will ship you a replacement copy.  If you received a free desk copy, they won’t send you a replacement copy but will provide you with a supplement that corrects the mistakes in the 6^th edition.

40% of American teachers are disheartened, 23% are idealists, and the remaining 37% are contented, according to a report, “Teaching for a living: How teachers see the profession today,” released by Public Agenda and Learning Point Associates.  The study was based on a nation-wide survey of nearly 900 teachers.

The What Works Clearinghouse recently published a report that gives K-12 educators recommendations of how to increase access to higher education.  Click here to access the report, Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do.

According to the authors of the report, there is a surprising lack of research in this area.

Number of students enrolled in college, average college tuition, average annual earnings of workers with an advanced degree, and government spending on public education are just a few of the statistics that the Census Bureau makes available at Back to School: 2009-2010.

The Pollak Library now has an online subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education.  You can access it via the Databases A-Z page or by clicking on the link above.

NCES has just updated the State Education Reforms (SER) website http://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/
Most of the data on the website was collected by organizations other than NCES. The NCES compiles and disseminates data on state-level education reform efforts in four areas: 1) standards, assessment, and accountability, 2) school finance reforms, 3) resources for learning, and 4) state support for school choice options. Specific reform areas include student and teacher assessments, adequate yearly progress, statewide exit exams, highly qualified teachers, open enrollment laws, and charter schools.

Teachers and administrators are apparently drowning in data, according to the Dec 2008/Jan 2009 issue of Educational Leadership, leading most decision-makers to rely on a narrow set of metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of their schools, (Scherer, 2008).  Read this issue online in the Omnifile Full Text Mega database.